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Make sense of science

The Royal Society has recently published guidance on the career expectations of doctoral students in the sciences (“Dispel illusion of PhDs leading to jobs for life, says Royal Society”, News, 18/25...

Awkward allocations

I take issue with the headline attributing a claim of “ineffectiveness” against the Economic and Social Research Council to me (“REF analysis highlights ESRC’s ineffective grant allocation, says...

Pension outsiders

Eminent doctors and infectious disease experts have, rightly and courageously, taken the lead in the efforts to deal with the Ebola outbreak. Imagine if vice-chancellors or employers’ human resources...

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 15 January 2015

Rising above the crowd

Source: GettyPreserving the dignity of office“I’m pleased to say that our own vice-chancellor esteems his office far too highly to allow it to be diminished by involvement in any such demeaning...

The week in higher education - 15 January 2015

Vice-chancellors are sometimes accused of being absent from public debates, so it may have surprised some when three of them popped up on Radio 4 in one morning. First up on the Today programme on 9...

Tribunal of sacked swimming pool ‘bust-up’ Salford leader settled

University settles Adrian Graves’ employment tribunal claim after vice-chancellor leaves

Graduates’ salary premium

People of working age with a master’s or PhD earn on average £9,000 a year more than those with only a bachelor’s degree, according to data from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Senior leadership teams should include fundraising professionals

Incoming Case president Sue Cunningham says that move would herald ‘real engagement’ and help to drive success

Come shine at the Diamond Light Source

The UK synchrotron seeks more university groups to set up second homes at the site to create a genuine research campus

Row between ‘forced exit’ scholar and NTU reignites

Nanyang Technological University president’s claim that tenure dispute was ‘not political’ contested by ex-faculty member Cherian George

University idols overrun Platonic ideals in China

Institutions are using pictures of glamorous students to tart up their marketing, but not everyone approves of the trend, says Hong Bing

Scots rush to offer shorter degree courses

Three-year programmes challenge the supremacy of Scotland’s ‘gold standard’

How to move up from a researcher post to lecturer

Report advises young academics to foster personal and research independence to advance their careers. Plus the latest higher education appointments

The BBC: news at sixes and sevens

Fictional journalists show more principle than their BBC counterparts, says Sally Feldman