Philip Chubb, 1951-2017
Tributes paid to award-winning Australian journalist who later became an academic
Search
-
-
Top marks for trying? Attitudes at core of the ‘ideal student’
Academics are not always most sympathetic to effortlessly successful ‘super-smart’ students
-
Post-truth teaching: coming to a lecture theatre near you?
Open University report looks at key trends in teaching and learning
-
Cambridge looks to crack measurement of ‘learning gain’
Researchers develop assessment that can be completed by students in little over 20 minutes
-
Mostly Straight: Sexual Fluidity Among Men, by Ritch C. Savin-Williams
A study identifies and defines a new category, says Barry Reay, but how radical is it?
-
Big and Small: A Cultural History of Extraordinary Bodies, by Lynne Vallone
From dwarfs at court to obese children, a study examines why size matters, says Louisa Yates
-
Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions, by Jeffrey J. Kripal
Maryanne Saunders enjoys an original look at how faith is studied and ‘what humans may become’
-
Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement, by Alexander Thurston
Sarah Eltantawi admires a well-researched study of the origins and growth of the terrorist organisation
-
Chinese power ‘may lead to global academic censorship crisis’
Academic experts on China say the state may now issue demands in collaborations with Western universities
-
The REF is wrong: books are not inferior to papers
Monographs typically constitute a scholar’s greatest achievement, but REF strategists discourage their production, says Bruce Macfarlane
-
Improving universities’ image is not just about education
Institutions must be willing to meet the new world of populism and protectionism halfway, says Matthew Andrews
-
Breakwell’s treatment suggests ‘nasty women’ still attract excessive criticism
The recent downfalls of Dame Glynis Breakwell and Grace Mugabe are very different stories, but both reveal some age-old traits, says Agnieszka Piotrowska
-
New and noteworthy – 7 December 2017
Code-switching software, resetting university missions, and saving species from the poachers and traders
-
The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World, by John Davies and Alexander J. Kent
Book of the week: A secret cartography project is a route to the past – and your house, finds Jerry Brotton
-
What are you reading? – 7 December 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers