The not so odd couple
Poor career guidance and isolation are issues for many women working in science, technology and engineering. Mixed-sex mentoring may be a solution, as Sharon Ann Holgate finds out. "It was a...
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The myth of Giddens' Porsche
Michael North reports on the opportunities for academic writers to reach a popular readership and asks established authors for their top tips. The philosopher A. C. Grayling recalls that in the 1980s...
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The myth of Giddens' Porsche
Michael North reports on the opportunities for academic writers to reach a popular readership and asks established authors for their top tips. The philosopher A. C. Grayling recalls that in the 1980s...
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Get a life? Not with our hours
New guidelines on work-life balance have met with scepticism. Phil Baty reports. Richard White does not have much of a personal life. He is a -year old postdoctoral student at Imperial College London...
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Cooperate to contend
Research collaboration in Europe could be the way to compete with the US, says Ian Halliday. It seems appropriate in the week after the research assessment exercise results to turn from a domestic...
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'We've gone beyond bottom pinching... but this is worse'
Institutionalised sexism discourages many women from a career in science. What's being done about it? asks Helen Hague. Baroness Greenfield broke the pre-publication purdah surrounding her keenly...
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Oxbridge brains reunion at MSR
Tony Durham meets the men directing Microsoft's innovative research programme in Cambridge The retired head of the Cambridge University computer laboratory holds forth as he paces the room, while the...
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Tenure challenged by private university
Four years after publishing a book that stoked debate on Canadian universities, Peter Emberley has further fanned the flames by accepting a private university job, where he is speaking out against...
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Cutting edge: David Caplin
The discovery of a new superconductor leads to sleepless nights in Seattle and a surfing frenzy in Los Alamos. Superconductivity is one of nature's more exotic phenomena - perpetual motion in action...
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Group's call for a 'third way' towards PhDs based on the European experience
A third way of getting a PhD should be introduced, according to the United Kingdom Council for Graduate Education. At present, British students submit a dissertation for a traditional PhD while...
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Cambridge in chaos as Capsa fails to add up
Cambridge University could soon "grind to a halt" because of major problems with its new Pounds 8 million accounts system, according to angry staff. Accounts managers are warning of a "grave risk" to...
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Vive the open PhD viva!
Ruth Morse advocates the French system of appraising doctoral students and appointing new lecturers All over France, doctoral students are struggling with their last revisions because they know they...
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The future rides on real commitment to science
In the second of our summer series on education at the century's end, Jean-Patrick Connerade discusses the future for young researchers Is Britain well prepared to remain a leading nation in the next...
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An invitation to dine at the periodic table
When Lutz Tietze hung up his lab coat, his students presented him with a collection of recipes from the world's top organic chemists. Karen Gold found the work far from formulaic. A Buchner funnel,...
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Analysis: More staff earn £50K-plus
Growing numbers of academics are earning six-figure salaries, a THES survey has revealed. But what about those lower down the scale? Alison Goddard reports. More and more university staff are earning...