Winning formula
I recently found myself chatting to Mike Duff, a string theorist at Imperial College London, at a physics dinner. As you might expect, Duff was concerned about the introduction of impact statements...
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Making time for Plan B (1 of 2)
I read with interest "Making other plans" (14 June), which provided an overview of the need for many with higher degrees to accept and prepare for careers beyond the academy.At my institution, the...
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News in brief
Research malpractice'Inadequate role model'A prominent researcher who spends 20 per cent of her time at the University of Manchester has been reprimanded by the German Research Foundation (the DFG)...
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Work and other labours of love
Academics and others discuss a typical working week
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French state memo signals volte-face on work visas
Ministry bows to academic pressure and reverses stricter post-study rules. Clea Caulcutt reports
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European University Institute＊s renaissance thinking
Jack Grove on a European institution＊s mission to foster cross-border scholarship
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Letters
Doctoral talking shops are the best we＊ve gotThe feature ※Whim and rigour§ (25 April) does not provide an entirely thorough analysis. It asks if the viva is still fit for purpose, so it should have...
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Small, medium or large
Is there an optimum size for research labs? Are larger labs more prone to research misconduct and harder to manage? Paul Jump investigates
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White knight defence
The CDBU＊s set-up is too narrow, too limiting: to fulfil its aims it must reach out and diversify, argues Alice Bell
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Leader: Clarity begins at home
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the UK's institutions and researchers must be fearless in shining a light on misconduct
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Indentures are a sign of universities' decline into a factory system
Unpaid research posts represent the latest step in the 'proletarianisation' of the academy, argues Ross Perlin
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Making other plans
Universities benefit from the large pool of cheap labour provided by PhD students and postdocs, but there aren＊t enough academic jobs to go around, so young scholars should prepare for the...
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News in brief
Digital humanitiesNo-holds BardA large-scale digital resource whose first tranche covers the writings of "Shakespeare and his immediate contemporaries, antecedents and successors" has been launched...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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I'd have to be mad to leave here, they said - and they were right
Surprise gave way to empathy when Terran Lane gave up a tenured post, full of anger and sorrow at the erosion of an institution he loved