Academics draft ‘new social contract for higher education’
International group aims to re-establish core principles of universities
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Interview with Charles Foster
Would you prefer to live as a badger, an otter, a swift, an urban fox or a deer? We speak to the academic who did all five
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World leaders in the arts offered university programme
Academics and leading figures from London’s rich cultural scene offer their insights to those running major arts organisations around the world
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Asian researcher numbers soar
New data points to exponential growth in many countries
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How the social sciences can embrace the big data revolution
Training, bold interdisciplinary partnerships and ‘bridging skills’ are all essential for social scientists who want to make best use of all the data now available to them
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CBI president: UK must be open to foreign researchers post-Brexit
Paul Drechsler calls for ‘honest’ debate about role of immigration in UK economy
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“Keep the Damned Women Out”: The Struggle for Coeducation, by Nancy Weiss Malkiel
Book of the week: A history of the fight to share elite spaces focuses on gender over race and class, says Mary Evans
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What are you reading? – 13 October 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour, by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss and J. Richard Gott
Celestial bodies are stripped of mystery in a lively guide that sounds a warning, says Marcus Chown
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, by Yuval Noah Harari
Simon Underdown on a historian contemplating future challenges arising from modern lifestyles and technology
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Existentialism and Excess: The Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre, by Gary Cox
Claims for genius require more than repeated assertion to make the case, says Martin Cohen
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Living by Numbers: In Defence of Quantity, by Steven Connor
This provocative argument for the importance of number in the humanities is full of wit and insight, says Tony Mann
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National University of Singapore’s use of skills data sparks debate
But academics argue against narrow teaching focus and warn that technical skills have a ‘half-life’
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Books interview: Catherine Merridale
The author of Lenin on the Train reminisces about Alain-Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes, and talks about travel books as histories and the ‘surreal time and place’ of revolutionary Russia