University donations: No strings attached?
When universities accept donations from entities with particular ideological stances, are they sacrificing academic freedom on the altar of Mammon?
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A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War, by Owen Davies
Simon Young learns how soldiers used magical thinking to cope with their dreadful circumstances
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A Living Tradition: Catholic Social Doctrine and Holy See Diplomacy, by A. Alexander Stummvoll
Despite its success in highlighting the complexity of Holy See diplomacy, this work falls short of addressing its role as a moral actor, says Luke Cahill
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Books editor’s blog: everything under the sun is under investigation
A glance at the academic publishing horizon reveals to Matthew Reisz an expanding universe of scholarly exploration and provocation
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Universities face a defining moment
England’s higher education institutions could soon find themselves having to retrench. Their vital role as engines of social mobility and commerce must be valued too
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Appointments – 3 January 2019
Search our database of more than 7,000 global university jobs To place an advertisement please write to:Recruitment AdvertisingTimes Higher Education26 Red Lion SquareHolbornLondonWC1R 4HQ Telephone:...
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The week in higher education – 3 January 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with Catherine Heymans
The astrophysicist on how an all-girls school helped her into science, why analogies are the secret to communicating research, and her move to Germany
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J. Evan Sadler, 1951-2018
Tributes paid to leading haematologist who transformed our understanding of blood clotting
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Have the 2010 student protests (eventually) killed £9K fees?
Theory that the protests provided essential fuel for Corbynism has specific relevance for higher education as Augar review looms
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The REF games are even more brutal this time around
Forcing academics on to teaching-only contracts based on flawed assessments of their research is ruining careers, an anonymous academic says
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Universities must face up to the reality of student sex work
Institutions that pride themselves on inclusivity should be doing all they can to defend student sex workers’ rights and safety, says Adi MacArtney
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Academic freedom fears as China erodes Hong Kong funding divide
Dollars, not diktats, now seen as biggest risk to institutional autonomy in special administrative region