Identifying and seed-funding scientists with ground-breaking ideas is a low-risk, high-reward alternative to traditional grant funding, says Donald Braben
Much of the language now used by universities feels like a kind of literary lockjaw that is too dull even to poke fun at. Joe Moran considers the causes and disastrous consequences
Calls for newer institutions to ¡®know their place¡¯ fail to understand the need to engage both with surrounding communities and major international challenges, argues Keith Burnett