EU referendum: nine out of 10 university staff back Remain
THE survey finds 40 per cent of respondents say they are more likely to depart UK if Leave wins
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EU referendum: academics see immigration as ‘hugely positive’
THE survey respondents tend to view EU free movement as good for individuals, universities and society
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Obstruction, by Nick Salvato
The idea of barriers to work being benefits leaves Robert Eaglestone wondering if he missed the joke
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How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet, by Benjamin Peters
John Gilbey on the USSR’s failed attempts to develop ‘Electronic Socialism’
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Books interview: Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
The author of A Taste for Provence on The Secret Garden, de Tocqueville’s travels in America and maternal pride
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The week in higher education – 16 June 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Maintaining ordinariness through Egypt’s Arab Spring turmoil
The former head of the American University in Cairo, Lisa Anderson, tells Chris Havergal how it carried on and kept students and staff safe without limiting free speech
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Can India and China dominate HE in the 21st century?
John Morgan reports on the differences between the countries in terms of the provision of education, governance and the quality of research
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Laurie Taylor – 16 June 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Don’t get lost in translation
Universities must embrace entrepreneurship and work with industry – but with their eyes open, says Nancy Rothwell
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Gender pay gap: keep the ‘pity payments’
Giving female scholars one-off sums to ‘compensate’ for the pay gap rewards biology rather than merit, argues Joanna Williams
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Oxford helping with childcare
Elena Tobolkina draws attention to the childcare issues facing early career academics in many UK cities (“Which should I choose: my postdoc or my child?”, Opinion, 9 June). It is incorrect to assert...
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Keep the status quo
John Kingman emphasises the importance of sustaining UK science and maximising its benefits (“UK Research and Innovation: ‘nine brains in one body’”, Opinion, 2 June). But he offers no convincing...