Who’s celebrating?
Frank Furedi’s piece on how the post-Brexit response suggests an out-of-touch scholarly class is strangely post-factual (“Brexit pity parties show how out of touch academia is”, Opinion, 14 July)....
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The bare facts
I read with gusto Randy Malamud’s piece, particularly the suggestion of nudologia (boredology) as the new disciplinary descriptor (“One big yawn? The academics bewitched by boredom”, Features, 14...
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Candid camera
Interesting that the guidelines published by the University of Huddersfield accompanying its decision to record teaching sessions refer to the “ethical and practical” problems but not the legal ones...
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The Chilcot report: who is equal to this epic?
The gargantuan report with its scholarly focus raises questions over who will digest its intellectual arguments
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Imperial College London faces further criticism from animal rights group
The Home Office has also released data showing experiments on animals across the country have broadly flatlined since 2013
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University tuition fee cap of £9,250 confirmed for 2017-18
Maximum fees raised in line with inflation for year one of teaching excellence framework
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Melania Trump: plagiarism, flattery or original thought?
Academia is no stranger to plagiarism controversies – but US politics is. Mark Ridolfo assesses the case of Melania Trump and Michelle Obama
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Turkey purge: EUA condemns move on university deans
Hundreds of deans have been ordered to resign while academics have been told not to travel abroad for work in the wake of the failed coup
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Women are too often actively sidelined against their will
In academia, and more widely, women are too easily relegated to the ‘less competent than men’ category, writes Dame Athene Donald
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Research scores of US top brass fail to shine
The ‘relatively modest’ research reputations of some senior US university leaders make their pay ‘grotesquely unmerited’, claims author of report
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Worries Brexit could water down EU research ‘excellence’ focus
Unlike the rest of the EU budget, research funding disproportionately flows to rich members. But there are pressures for this to change
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HE Bill passes second reading as Greening makes case for reforms
New education secretary praises moves to open up sector to new providers, but majority allowing bill to next stage is only 36
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What's in a name? Introducing yourself in academia
Having an unusual, foreign or difficult-to-say name can present challenges in UK academia, says Marta Natalia Wróblewska