University autonomy: not the only principle we should defend
Self-governance is a must for the sector, but we must use it to engage with wider society’s concerns, argues Matthew Andrews
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Sexism: pervasive in the academy?
As more women push on the ‘sticky door’, Paula Nicolson reflects on her own experiences over three decades
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Academics’ digs: chambers of horror?
Felipe Fernández-Armesto upgrades his view on accommodation for visiting scholars after a trip to Santander
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Grant winners – 23 July 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Seeing Like a Rover: How Robots, Teams and Images Craft Knowledge of Mars, by Janet Vertesi
Conversations at Nasa reveal the words behind every picture of the Red Planet, says Monica Grady
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The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece, by Josiah Ober
P. J. Rhodes on a study investigating how the ancient civilisation reached its zenith
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Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, by Charlotte Gordon
Valerie Sanders on a moving dual biography of two feminist icons
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 23 July 2015
Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study
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Nobel laureate’s ‘joke’ cannot be laughed off
Thanks for the online responses to my article about sexist language (“Comic fig leaf”, Opinion, 16 July). One commentator says that, despite the backfiring joke, he thinks that Nobel laureate Sir Tim...
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Eton mess
It is ironic indeed that the head of the most elitist education institute in the UK, one that is supported by ample private funding, chooses to deliver a sweeping attack on a sector that is...
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Healthy obsessions
Lord Rees of Ludlow is surely right that significant outcomes are more likely to emerge when researchers are committed to – even obsessed with – tackling problems (“Tracing the trajectory between...
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Back to boycott basics
Audrey Osler’s extraordinary statement that earlier this year Soas, University of London “held an institution-wide referendum on an academic boycott of Israel, backing it by an overwhelming majority...
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Where’s the Brexit?
Outside the European Union, our universities could still cooperate with their EU counterparts and UK students could still study abroad. As home to many pre-eminent educational establishments, the UK...