Humanities education is central to democracy
Studying the arts and humanities has been a core tenet of democratic ambitions for centuries, so it’s no surprise that underfunding those areas of academia throws democracies into crisis, argues...
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Universities ‘central’ to solutions on UK regional inequality
Lord Kerslake, chair of UK2070 Commission, calls for ‘MIT of the North’ and ‘HE-FE systems’ in deprived towns
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Facebook use harms less able students’ grades, says study
Findings highlight need for ‘carefully considered’ use of platform as an educational tool
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V-c sees philanthropy as key to Indian university development
Raj Kumar wants greater focus on liberal arts studies, against existing preoccupation with science
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Ribbon of Darkness: Inferencing from the Shadowy Arts and Sciences, by Barbara Maria Stafford
Rivka Isaacson is fascinated by an adventurous journey along the frontier between arts and science
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Overwhelmed: Literature, Aesthetics, and the Nineteenth-Century Information Revolution, by Maurice S. Lee
Eleanor Lybeck explores the striking links between ‘textual overproduction’ in the 19th century and today
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Senior technicians at UK universities overwhelmingly male
Figures show that even disciplines with a high share of female technical staff have few women at the top
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Going All City: Struggle and Survival in LA’s Graffiti Subculture, by Stefano Bloch
Jeff Ferrell is thrilled by a street’s eye view of the adventure of graffiti writing
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Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery, by Tim Strangleman
Peter J. Smith enjoys a vivid, if perhaps idealised, account of life in one of the world’s great breweries
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What are you reading? – 14 November 2019
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Tory spending plans include £800 million budget for ‘UK Darpa’
Boris Johnson pledges to double public spending on research and development to £18 billion over course of next parliament
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University leaders must also don the diplomat’s hat
Across the world, vice-chancellors’ statesmanship is being put to the test because no campus can escape the intrusion of politics, domestic and international
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The Years that Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us, by Paul Tough
Book of the week: Deborah D. Rogers and Howard P. Segal find that the old ideals of meritocracy have been squeezed out of American higher education
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New security guidelines for Australian universities
‘Non-prescriptive’ guidance highlights due diligence, cyber security and staff perks
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Reassess value of student ‘mass migration’ within UK, says report
Hepi study calls for debate on the purpose and value of the UK’s costly system of residential universities