And The Weak Suffer What They Must? Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability, by Yanis Varoufakis
Victoria Bateman is swayed by a persuasive history of our global financial order and how it needs to change
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Books interview: David Crystal
The author of The Gift of the Gab: How Eloquence Works on the delights of Just William, serendipity and Victorian self-help books
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Management salaries soar as academic pay stagnates, data suggest
With earnings inequality inflaming industrial unrest over pay, figures show most salaries are relatively static while top staff get more
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A Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the End of World War II, by A. T. Williams
An anecdote about a sandwich illustrates the Allies’ struggle to make the Nazis pay, says Hester Vaizey
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Adventures of a Female Medical Detective in Pursuit of Smallpox and Aids, by Mary Guinan with Anne D. Mather
A punchy whodunnit is backed with plain talk of misogyny, says Helen Bynum
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A Life Beyond Boundaries, by Benedict Anderson
Book of the week: Joanna Lewis on nationalism’s truest friend and the books that made him a world authority
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Should academics avoid friendships with students?
Friendships can blossom naturally between scholars and students, but are they always problematic? Nina Kelly navigates the boundaries
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What are you reading? – 2 June 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education – 2 June 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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University financial health check 2016
Which universities have dealt best with uncapped student numbers and uncertainty over international income? John Morgan reports
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Laurie Taylor – 2 June 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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White Paper proposals on new providers go too far, too fast
Allowing challenger providers to spend a mere three years on probation risks harming the reputation of UK higher education, warns Bill Rammell
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UK Research and Innovation: ‘nine brains in one body’
John Kingman, chair of the newly created UKRI, explains the governing philosophy of the research and innovation funding organisation
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Using statistics can improve clinical trials and outcomes
More use of data would mean better treatments and fewer tears, says Dimitris Bertsimas, who learned the lesson at first hand