Buzzwords ‘helped universities get gold in the TEF’
Strong performers in the teaching excellence framework may have benefited from slick brand-building, Hepi report suggests
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The week in higher education – 19 October 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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EU scholars fear right to stay in UK ‘jeopardised by study leave’
Academic says he is ‘wary’ of applying for projects that involve extended periods of time overseas
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‘Lean in’ to public advocacy in Trump era, US scientists told
Former chief of staff at White House Office of Science and Technology Policy says academics must put aside fears of ‘partisanship’
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How much research is done on gun violence in the US?
Bibliometric data suggest there should be more scholarship on the topic, but academics still make key contributions to debate
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What are you reading? – 19 October 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Books editor’s blog: Empty ideas and words – we’re talking business
The business world is plagued by bullshit on an industrial scale, but André Spicer wants to help workers escape from its corrosive effects and rediscover meaning
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Vanguard of the Revolution: The Global Idea of the Communist Party, by A. James McAdams
Book of the week: Communism around the world was shaped by its opportunistic leaders, finds Yvonne Howell
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Laurie Taylor – 19 October 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Does liberal arts education have an image problem?
Liberal arts colleges are often perceived as being elite and irrelevant. But the best among them excel in areas such as engagement and focus on critical thinking. Ellie Bothwell explores whether...
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KEF is so Soviet
The government wants to develop a “knowledge excellence framework” for English universities, the universities and science minister has announced (“Jo Johnson plans for KEF to measure knowledge...