The radio show In Our Time is a sort of academic seminar on the airwaves. Its presenter tells Matthew Reisz about bringing scholars to the public, and the risks UK academia faces
The sociologist and author of on finding her voice, tights and superheroes, and why people are told to ‘man up’ but never to ‘woman up’
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Book of the week: Great writing can enlighten and encourage dialogue between disciplines, says Gary Morson
Lazy days? Not likely. In between reading, visiting the archives and doing fieldwork, you’ll barely have time to think
A survey of 50 laureates is full of insight, warnings and the can-do attitudes powering ‘beautiful minds’
As others have pointed out in these pages, recent reporting on the health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme pension fund has been alarmist and misleading (“Estimates may vary”, Letters, 10...
We live in a bewildering, interconnected world of technology and massive datasets underpinned by major advances that science is delivering at an apparently accelerating pace. However, it seems that...
If I were a professor, I might get my own office in which I could keep actual things that I might wish to save in the event of a fire (“A roomful of riches”, Features, 24 August). There is nothing in...
Amid growing indifference to the public value of universities, the LSE’s Minouche Shafik suggests four ways to restore confidence and pride in the academy