Bill Moggridge obituary
Designer of the world's first laptop, the Grid Compass
Impact factor: researchers should define the metrics that matter to them
The impact factor assumes that the most cited articles are the most influential, but influence is only one aspect of importance, say Victor Henning and William Gunn
Research communication: building good university-media relationships
Join our live chat, Friday 31 August, to explore how to build trust in the media, avoid being misrepresented and consider best practice in traditional and new media training
‘Altmetrics’: quality of engagement matters as much as retweets
Online metrics that are not both qualitative and quantitative can only be a limited measure of research impact, argues Ernesto Priego
Higher education policy: 12 UK blogs worth bookmarking
For every minute you spend reading one higher education blog, you could be missing a better one – David Kernohan shares his own trusted sources of UK commentary on HE policy
MOOCs: a massive opportunity for higher education, or digital hype?
As top-ranked universities join the MOOC revolution, backed by big-name investors, Mike Boxall asks what we can learn from the first dot.com history and who the eventual winners will be
Boris Johnson spells out the Olympics’ moral message to rioters and bankers
'The more you put in, the more you get out. That is a wonderful, conservative lesson about life,' says London mayor
How to foster a culture of collaboration between universities and industry
For universities that are able to surmount the challenges and costs of collaborating with industry, there are many ways to begin dialogue - from 'sandboxes' to hack days, Sara Jones and Stephen Clulow explore the options
London 2012: Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony history is only a partial truth
Polly Toynbee: The Olympics ceremony celebrated the best of Britain. But in the past three decades so much of that has gone into reverse
Global learning: still too expensive?
When global learning first emerged, the price of technology was considered prohibitive – now ignoring it could be more costly
Getting it write: best practice in academic writing
How do you perfect the art of good academic writing? Join our live chat Friday 27 July at 12 BST to explore best practice from conference papers to funding applications and blogs
Lord Chilver obituary
Engineer who was a key figure in the evolution of the Cranfield Institute of Technology
Social media is more than simply a marketing tool for academic research
Online platforms such as Twitter and Pinterest can inform every step of the research process, says Amanda Alampi, enabling academics to become lifelong students
Why panning for gold may be detrimental to open access research
The gold model for open access, supported by the UK government, could lead to significant savings - but only if all the policy surrounding research are joined up, says Paul Ayris
Police close investigation into hacked climate science emails
Norfolk police close case and confirm the hack came from 'sophisticated' outsiders – not a University of East Anglia leak