Tackle research fraud with 鈥榝ear factor鈥: psychiatrist
Reassure junior researchers but make senior scientists know they鈥檙e being watched, scholar argues
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An early modern feminist
Liz Schafer explores why the work of the playwright Elizabeth Cary has been so marginalised
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China鈥檚 polite society
Austin Williams on eager-to-please students fired by a passion for knowledge
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6 June 2013
Full-time vocation - The university working week: from before sunrise to after sunset
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Nightmare before 鈥楥hristmas Lecture鈥
Royal Institution provokes online backlash over decision to trademark title
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The week in higher education - 6 June 2013
Leeds Metropolitan University endured a hostile reception after revealing plans to change its name. After deciding that it has 鈥渙utgrown鈥 its Met tag, the university鈥檚 options for new names are Leeds...
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Split system on public-private lines, says University Alliance
Parallel sectors would overcome problems of 鈥榦ne-size-fits-all鈥 funding, group argues
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Students still unsure what constitutes cheating
Europe-wide survey shows students don鈥檛 understand plagiarism
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Title adaptation
Simon Underdown notes in his enthusiastic review of Peter J. Bowler鈥檚 Darwin Deleted: Imagining a World without Darwin (Books, 9聽May) the author鈥檚 conclusion that without Charles, 鈥渢he Darwin-themed...
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Lose face, use voices
I too have witnessed perverse university appointment decisions (鈥淣o one should be hired on the basis of whether their face fits鈥, Opinion, 23 May). At one institution in south-east England, there...
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Better than cure
Regarding 鈥淩ace discrimination in academia 鈥榟as not improved鈥 over past 20 years鈥 (News, 11 April). Despite the many steps taken to promote equality and diversity in the sector, no major improvements...
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Making a hashtag of it
Times Higher Education recently encouraged responses to its cover feature 鈥淢y student nemesis鈥 (16聽May) with a Twitter hashtag, #myworststudent. Having dropped some 颅Twitter clangers in my time, I...
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Tested to destruction
Drawing on personal experience, Adrian Furnham expresses concern over what he sees as peer-review 鈥渘ightmares鈥 and the 鈥渁rbitrariness of journal decision-making鈥 (鈥淭ake the rough with the smooth鈥,...
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Learn from mistakes to get treatment right
鈥淯nwanted side-effects鈥 (30 May) is a thoughtful and balanced account of the issues arising from our research on mass drug administration programmes for neglected tropical diseases, but there is one...
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Outdoor lavatory becomes natural history laboratory
Spiders star in scholar鈥檚 photographic study