Data for the People: How to Make Our Post-Privacy Economy Work for You, by Andreas Weigend
Paul Bernal on whether we can simply dismiss privacy concerns in order to embrace the world of big data
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What are you reading? – 9 March 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Two-year degrees? On the road to enlightenment, speed kills
Cramming study into the shortest possible time will impoverish the student experience and drive an even greater wedge between research-enabled permanent staff and the growing underclass of flexible...
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#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media, by Cass R. Sunstein
Book of the week: Americans have to reach out to fight the political division fed by social media, says Angelia Wilson
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Utopia for Realists and How We Can Get There, by Rutger Bregman
The groundwork may be set for a shift from selfish, individualistic capitalism, says Danny Dorling
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Moses: A Human Life, by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Robert A. Segal on a exploration of the interior life of the leader who led the Jews out of the desert
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New and noteworthy – 9 March 2017
Africa’s 17th-century warrior queen; the modern equivalent of tinkering in your shed; mergers and acquisitions in the world of HE; and what tax havens really do to the economy
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Grant winners – 9 March 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Universities with the biggest corporate links
John Morgan looks at the universities in Asia and beyond that have forged the closest ties with industrial partners
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Laurie Taylor – 9 March 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Harry Collins is voting to back scientific values
The principles of scepticism and open-mindedness are vital in a post-truth world, an expert on experts tells Matthew Reisz
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Firm friends: the UK needs better university-industry links
Theresa May’s new industrial strategy will support universities’ R&D, but more partnerships with business – while never entirely risk-free – are needed
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The wisdom, or not, of the ages in the REF
As one of the authors of the study cited in the article “Old and male REF panels fail to reward innovation, study says” (News, 2 March), I would like to point out that the interviewees took part in...