Two-year degrees and the biopolitics of higher education
Jana Bacevic takes a look through the history books to assess how the government’s recent announcement on two-year degrees could pan out
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Have English reforms led to universities fishing in same pool?
Latest data from Ucas suggest bulk of institutions are increasingly recruiting students with similar grade profiles
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Denmark moves from quantity to quality in Nobel prize plan
Echoing the UK, government will also seek to measure the impact of research on society and business
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How to make sure your v-c’s Christmas message isn’t too embarrassing
Chris Parr runs through 11 of the best 2017 Christmas videos from university leaders
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Russian universities excel in Kremlin-backed rankings
Thirteen Russian higher education institutions feature in top 200 of inaugural Moscow International University Rankings
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Czech university urged to bar new dean over ‘junk journal’ papers
Scholars claim dean-elect is unfit for office after publishing articles in journals found on Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist
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‘If universities are harassed, culture erodes and tyranny will prevail’
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam looks at restrictions to academic freedom in what he describes as an age of ‘psycho-nationalism’
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Overseas student numbers surge in Czech Republic
Offer of free study appears to have attracted many undergraduates, particularly from Russia
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Journal apologises for review’s ‘lady author’ slur
Sussex historian Joanne Paul said she felt she ‘had not been taken seriously’ after reading sexist review of her work
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Oxford project’s ‘balance-sheet view’ of colonialism criticised
Scholars seek to ‘call out’ workshops they see as far too soft on empire
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THE books of the year 2017: part two
Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading
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A Machiavellian guide to getting ahead in academia
Rogier Creemers advises early career academics to be ruthless and put themselves first to move up the ladder
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Scholars tackle soaraway success of Jason Statham
Leeds Beckett University researchers are to publish a book exploring how the unheralded British actor became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars
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Michael Hillas, 1932-2017
Leading expert in cosmic rays remembered
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Interview with Daniel Beer
The award-winning historian talks about research in an Eastern Siberian prison, making sense of the world through stories and why Angela Merkel is admirable