It’s not essay mills that are doing the grinding
Eliminating cheating services, even if it were possible, would do nothing to address students’ and universities’ lack of interest in learning, says Stuart Macdonald
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No vacation from citation
10,000 references in, David Zeitlyn reflects on the joys of avoiding looking like a fool
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Who should speak for academics over the future of publishing?
Learned societies used to be seen as the guardians of academic prestige. They should act on that moral authority and reclaim their oversight of peer review, says Aileen Fyfe
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Quarter of UK academics ‘bullied over scholarly views’
UCU survey finds British-based researchers perceive lesser protection for academic freedom compared with continental peers
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Professors’ portraits show resolve to tackle gender deficit
Striking visual display in King’s College London corridor symbolises how higher education is taking professorial problem seriously
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What are you reading? – 25 May 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Books interview: CN Lester
The author of Trans Like Me on books, moving beyond pigeonholing, and making time for Moomins
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World in brief – 25 May 2017
Higher education news from around the globe
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The week in higher education – 25 May 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Grant winners – 25 May 2017
This week’s round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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The UK, like the US, is moving to the market
Nick Hillman is right to say that the new divisions between different categories of higher education providers in the UK are unlikely to last (and it is surely shocking, in a regulatory system...
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Realpolitik reviews
In the article “Take charge to ensure that you ace your appraisal” (News, 18 May), Robert MacIntosh and Kevin O’Gorman counsel academics about how to negotiate their annual performance and...
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Supporting roles
The contributions to the feature “Access all areas” (18 May), on the problems caused by poor disability access on campus, contain some very familiar points – the assumption that disability applies...
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Collective efforts
Lord Lucas argues that “Acting like spoiled children will do UK universities no favours” (Opinion, 18 May). Perhaps, but the government must remember that it exists to serve us, the citizens and...
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Laurie Taylor – 25 May 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!