Ending casualisation will not only benefit early career academics
Like junior doctors, academics should highlight the public value of what they do, argues Tom Cutterham
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Government policy is wrecking science
Tim Birkhead warns of the 鈥榚nd of science鈥 unless academics push back against threats to creativity and integrity
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Grant winners 鈥 24 March 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Why are students drawn to horror?
Fascination with 鈥榙ark studies鈥 needs to be countered by studies of the Enlightenment, says Robert Zaretsky
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Turkey must stop persecuting academics
The Turkish government and the country鈥檚 president, Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an, continue to oppress political dissent violently and illegally in Turkey. On 11 January, Erdo臒an accused 1,128 academics of...
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Diverse and fair
Birkbeck, University of London, is enormously proud of its efforts to offer harmonised pay and conditions for full- and part-time members of staff. Unfortunately, your story 鈥淯niversities 鈥榤ost...
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Novel entitlements
I can sympathise with David Wilson and his anger with 鈥渕anager-professors鈥 (鈥淓rsatz professors should be booed off the stage鈥, Opinion, 17 March). My concerns were epitomised in one university where...
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Power up, please
Dr Goshworthy 鈥渕ay well have found the remains of a savoury sausage in the fridge鈥 (The Poppletonian, 10 March), but he聽is not right 鈥渢o use Hotelling鈥檚聽T test to supplement his analysis of variance...
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Campus sport and the aims of the games
Sport at university can be a draw for some, but not all students want to take part 鈥 or support the costs of their provision