By Anonymous academics. He cancelled meetings, piled on additional work and refused to offer any support. I started to drink more – and at 48 – took voluntary redundancy to escape my bullying line manager. More...

By Peter Ainsworth. My proposal would lower taxpayer burden, free universities from regulation and give students value for money. More...

By Richard Norton-Taylor. The scholars were subjected to persistent surveillance for decades as MI5 and police special branch officers tapped and recorded their telephone calls, intercepted their private correspondence and monitored their contacts, the files show. Some of the surveillance gave MI5 more details about their targets’ personal lives than any threat to national security. More...

By Abby Young-Powell. Toni Pearce says students have the numerical strength and the political will to unseat unpopular MPs. More...

By Claire Shaw. From the 9th to the 19th centuries, scholars and scribes used Arabic as a lingua franca to debate scientific ideas. Arabic-speaking scholars translated classical Greek, Persian and even Sanskrit texts on topics such as medicine, mathematics and astronomy. These scholars went far beyond translation and preservation and fostered a unique and vibrant scientific culture within the Arabic-speaking world. The British Library and Qatar Foundation have joined forces to launch a new bilingual online portal, the Qatar Digital Library, providing free access to 25,000 pages of fascinating medieval Arabic manuscript. Here’s a selection of some of the most influential scientific texts in history. More...

By Francesca Stavrakopoulou. Women in academia are judged on their appearance. Feminine means frivolous, and those considered scruffy are subject to sexist assumptions. More...