New Warburg Institute director outlines plan to stop ‘slide into obscurity’
Noted art historian David Freedberg is keen to shake up the Bloomsbury institute that has been described as the ‘world’s weirdest library’
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Student voters had ‘less impact than expected’ on general election
Lack of enthusiasm for Labour £6K fees policy could have been factor, says Hepi report
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John Widdowson: government must give ‘proper and fair’ funding to FE
The president of the Association of Colleges says underfunding FE will harm higher education
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TEF paying ‘lip service’ to widening participation, says NUS vice-president
Sorana Vieru also questions motivations of academic establishment ‘cartel’ when opposing metrics
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Hitler at Home, by Despina Stratigakos
The Nazi leader aimed to convey taste and moderation with his interiors, says Neil Gregor
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How Dogs Work, by Ray Coppinger and Mark Feinstein
Anne Carter on the complex workings of our canine companions
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Quest For Power: European Imperialism and the Making of Chinese Statecraft, by Stephen R. Halsey
Jonathan Mirsky on the treaties and extraterritoriality imposed on China in the decades after the Opium Wars
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Must We Divide History Into Periods?, by Jacques Le Goff
The Renaissance and the Middle Ages should be seen as a continuous epoch, argues Helen Fulton
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Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy, by Victor Tan Chen
When it comes to meritocracy in free market capitalism, people don’t hate the game, they hate the players, says Angelia Wilson
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Vulnerability and Young People: Care and Social Control in Policy and Practice, by Kate Brown
Jane Appleton on how youths feel about the organisational decisions and interventions that are supposed to help them
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How Europe’s academy is addressing the refugee crisis
As universities and academics strive to aid migrants and understand their plight, scholars offer personal experiences of the upheaval
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The Cunning of Uncertainty, by Helga Nowotny
Flora Samuel on a revelatory call for researchers to embrace context, culture and the unknown
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What are you reading? – 15 October 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The perils of ‘philanthrocapitalism’
Are corporations profiting from philanthropy? Do mega-donors acquire too much influence? Linsey McGoey on ‘saint’ Bill Gates and the downsides of giving away $16 billion