Macbeth, Lost Theatre, London
Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy is actor-centred and is often best presented stripped of all distractions, says Peter J. Smith
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News in brief - 19 February 2015
THE awardsDeadline extended for ThelmasThe deadline for entries for this year’s Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards – more widely known as the Thelmas – has been extended until...
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Ross School of Business helps drives urban renewal in Detroit
Demand for MBAs with social impact grows as millennials practise ‘positive business’
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Leaked paper describes Swansea’s economics staff as a ‘cancer’
Battle continues between staff and management including senior figures Nigel and Niall Piercy
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Arts research is a driver, not a spotter
I read David Oldfield’s article with a mixture of irritation and disbelief (“You’re here to teach. Save the trainspotting for the weekend”, Opinion, 12 February). Oldfield’s assumption that his...
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Out of office: on research leave in Florence
Poring over manuscripts in the Biblioteca Nazionale prompts Nicholas Till to consider the benefits of studying original documents in a digital age
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‘Learning gain’: did students bulk up in mental muscle?
Could US moves to measure undergraduates’ improvements in critical thinking, writing and other skills spread to the UK?
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The week in higher education - 19 February 2015
A university is to end its use of lifelike prosthetic masks to train nurses over fears that they stigmatised people with mental health problems, the Aberdeen Press and Journal reported on 16 February...
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No shades of grey in teaching relationships
Academics should be banned from damaging sexual liaisons with students, postgraduates in particular, argues Luke Brunning
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#AdviceForYoungAcademics: THE-initiated Twitter trend takes off
Early career scholars offered hundreds of tips and sage advice tweeted by longer-established peers
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Don’t let others ruin your name
The use of recruitment agents is rising, but are universities putting their reputations at risk as competition hots up?
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To Explain The World: The Discovery of Modern Science, by Steven Weinberg
A history of the steps humans took to explain how and why things work delights Cait MacPhee
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An opening-up of new horizons
It’s not just sun and salaries drawing academics to MENA jobs, says Siân Phillips
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Agents paid an average of £1,767 per non-EU recruit
THE investigation shows spike in spending on fees as UK ‘reliant’ on middlemen
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Isis shows ‘Oriental studies’ are essential
The University of Manchester could not have chosen a worse time to consider closing Middle Eastern language courses, writes Hugh Williamson