Prisoners need full access to higher education
The banning of certain academic books by prisons in Northern Ireland is deeply counterproductive, says Dieter Reinisch
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THE Leadership Summit: Chinese universities ‘not rolling in cash’
'We have budget troubles too', provost of China’s leading university insists
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Online versus traditional classrooms: an undergraduate’s take
Matthew Taylor compares his experiences in both learning environments and explains why he thinks educators should notice the differences
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Precarity is even worse for teachers on open learning programmes
Asking people to prepare for a 10-week course that might not run is too much, says an anonymous early career academic
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THE Leadership Summit: how AI is changing the way universities work
Event hears how machine learning can aid student progress and curriculum design – and that academics should let AI ‘take over’ admissions
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US colleges identify shortcomings in teacher training
Provision of teacher residencies and mentoring by universities seen as key to long-term science improvement
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THE Leadership Summit: doctors ‘make good vice-chancellors’
Forum mulls the merits of external experience, elected leaders and 10-year term limits
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Iris Murdoch’s philosophy: what use is it to higher education today?
In the week of Murdoch’s centenary, Miles Leeson reflects on what lessons the academic turned philosopher could have for university leaders
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How to be a better civic university
Universities must draw up agreements with local partners that have the public voice at their heart, says Richard Brabner
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Harvard president challenges Trump immigration crackdown
Situation is ‘driving anxiety and fear on our campuses’, Lawrence Bacow warns top officials
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What are you reading? – 18 July 2019
Our regular look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Pier Groups: Art and Sex along the New York Waterfront, by Jonathan Weinberg
Barry Reay praises a skilful reconstruction of a vibrant moment in New York’s art and sexual histories
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Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders, by Peter Lehr
Sarah Kinkel assesses a wide-ranging survey of buccaneers over the ages
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English universities face ‘extreme challenge’ under next PM
Political shifts will bring funding shift from HE to FE, but universities could play into ‘politics of belonging’, former No 10 adviser says