Lecture capture risks breaking the sacred trust of the lecture hall
The new technology is further evidence of the consumer model of higher education and will result in lecturers adapting how they teach, says Jim Butcher
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THE podcast: Australia’s research challenge
Will recent funding cuts affect Australian researchers’ ability to continue to compete on volume and impact?
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THE to hold first China Universities Forum
Event at Nankai University will discuss rapid rise of Chinese research institutions, and upcoming threats and opportunities
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Union votes no confidence in Reading bosses over ‘mismanagement’
UCU branch rejects redundancies plan and blames ‘poor investment and spending decisions’ for financial woes
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A plan for study exchange is essential for ‘Global Britain’
Paul James Cardwell considers the alternatives to staying outside the Erasmus+ programme if the UK has no national student mobility strategy
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Small research teams produce ‘riskier, more disruptive science’
Large research groups may be less flexible and more risk-averse, study suggests
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Philosopher explores how to combat toxicity of social media
Regina Rini discusses how academics and students can avoid online aggression
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Corporate collaborations yield ‘significant’ pure research
Evidence suggests citations boost from working with industry
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More job cuts on cards unless tuition fee cap lifted, v-c warns
Cardiff’s Colin Riordan says research-intensive universities will have to ‘adjust’ to straitened times
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#TrulyCivic? Don’t forget the curriculum
To earn the hashtag, universities must include a pledge to give due attention to curriculum design and the student experience, argues Rafe Hallett
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Railroads and the Transformation of China, by Elisabeth Köll
Jonathan Mirsky on a wide-ranging, eye-opening journey tracing a revolutionary development
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Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic, by Amin Saikal
A survey of the country since its revolution captures key political tensions but pays little heed to a vibrant culture and people, writes Annabelle Sreberny
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Books editor’s blog: a popular touch can win scholars a trade deal
The new Profile and Aitken Alexander Non-Fiction Prize promises a £25,000 advance and a publishing agreement to ‘the best debut trade non‑fiction proposal from an academic’
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Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain, by Carissa M. Harris
Peter J. Smith on an ambitious effort to mobilise Middle English literature for modern feminism
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Everywhere and Nowhere: Anonymity and Mediation in Eighteenth-Century Britain, by Mark Vareschi
A study of the unnamed author offers a fresh angle on some of the tired debates about 20th-century literature, says Abigail Williams