How many hours a week should academics work?
Some surveys show faculty putting in at least 60 hours a week, but research casts doubt on whether this is a productive routine
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Funders call for more investment in Brazilian science
More research spending needed, says head of Brazil’s innovation agency
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Peer reviewing: a good deed and a good career move, too
Early career scholars will help themselves as well as others by assessing papers, abstracts, grant proposals and book chapters. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Stefan Grimm death prompts questions for Imperial president
The president of Imperial College London has spoken directly about the suicide of Stefan Grimm for the first time in public.
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A cliff is no place to start
Building an academic career is hard, but high initial hurdles and a lack of clear progression paths make it unnecessarily daunting
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Should post-publication peer review be anonymous?
The PubPeer organisers and two other scholars debate the merits and pitfalls of anonymity in peer review
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Queen Mary University of London considers making PhD students employees
Importance of doctoral candidates in research makes it likely that many institutions will make the change, says principal
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The risks and rewards of academic life in the big city
David Bignell reflects on the trials and tribulations of scholarly life in London
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TeachHigher, wages lower? Beware the outsourcers’ razor
Benjamin Poore calls on universities to reject plans likely to make hourly paid lecturers’ lot poorer and more precarious
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Q&A with David Greenaway
The new Russell Group chair on the looming spending review, criticism of elite universities and their leaders, and cycling from one end of the country to the other
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Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Narnia? They’re all about academia
And Lord of the Rings is about being a PhD student, explains Jeremy Singer
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Credit where it’s due
Georgia Institute of Technology research reveals extent of ‘ghost’ and ‘guest’ authoring
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The brain trust, promoted to high office
Scholars imagine a government formed of academics
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Are older academics past their productive peak?
A recent paper claims that the quality of researchers declines with age. Five senior scientists consider the data and how they’ve contributed through the years
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Metrics are no substitute for good research management
You can’t measure human skills the way you do engineering systems, Robert Dingwall and Mary Byrne McDonnell observe