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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A tale of two departments
* Department of chemistry, Imperial College, London 1996 RAE rating: 5 Number of lecturers and professors: 41 Number of post-docs:97 Number of PhD students:175 Research income from the funding...
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Alan Hale's open letter
"I was inspired by the scientific discoveries taking place during my childhood to pursue a career in science only to find, after completing the rigours of undergraduate and graduate school, that the...
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The gap between the real world and the words
Since the concordat for career management of contract research staff was introduced, its implementation has been patchy. At Imperial College two contract researchers are taking the struggle to the...
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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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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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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...
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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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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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For whom the Bell tolls?
Allegations of research fraud have scandalised physics. Steve Farrar reports. The machine sitting in Jan Hendrik Sch?n's old laboratory at the University of Konstanz in Germany did not appear out of...
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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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Cambridge bars outsiders
Students and dons have closed ranks against proposals to allow outsiders with real-world experience on to Cambridge University's executive council. One angry academic said the plan would destroy...
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You need tunnel vision to spend summer here
Why are particle physicists from all over the world converging on a three-and-a-half-mile tunnel in Illinois? In the third in our series on what researchers do in summer, Terry Wyatt reports from...
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How to get a job in science policy
Tired of doing research? Why not switch camps and helpdecide who gets the vital funding In universities all over the country, one of the great topics of common-room conversation is the allocation of...
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Funds needed to employ best
The extra Pounds 1 billion for science announced by chancellor Gordon Brown this week must be matched with funds to attract top lecturers and researchers, universities have warned. Tony Bruce, policy...