Review: City of Light, City of Poison, by Holly Tucker

‘Essential’ humanities to be championed by author in new role

Professor of public humanities position for Birmingham City University’s Islam Issa comes amid pressure on humanities courses and threat of AI

By Jack Grove

13 August

‘Truth-telling’ probe ‘about understanding university better’

Melbourne book explores slow conversion from institution that ‘excluded and dehumanised’ Aborigines into one that ‘accelerated their inclusion and success’

By John Ross

12 August

‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’

Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

By Jack Grove

21 July

A robot game advert. The amazing REF robot “always gives the right answer”, with a robot pointing to scores of 1 to 4. To illustrate whether generative AI can improve the REF.

Could generative AI improve the REF?

The task of reading and rating the thousands of outputs submitted to the UK’s Research Excellence Framework is notoriously Herculean. Could AI ease the burden – or would its use undermine the whole point of having REF panels? As Jisc consults on that question, four writers offer their views

By Caroline Ball

5 June

City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic and the First Police Chief of Paris, by Holly Tucker

Sharon Wheeler delights in casting a made-for-TV 17th-century tale laced with sex and the dark arts

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