Debating Islamic extremism: is this the best we can do?
Anshuman Mondal, author of Islam and Controversy, deplores ‘impoverished’ discussion of rights and obligations
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Scotland’s research cash: more pie for lucky few
Elite claim ever-greater share, while 11 institutions fight over remaining 11%, says NUS Scotland analysis
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‘We expected more’, Kurds tell UK partners in scholarship scheme
Iraq region’s bid to fix ‘dysfunctional’ sector included ‘huge investment’ to send postgrads to Britain, but payoff fell short, says minister
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‘Momentous point’ for South Asian sectors, British Council event hears
From post-Taliban Afghanistan to quality control: Global Education Dialogue offered insights on topics such as access for women and private providers
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Departments: the ideal units of quality assessment
The standards of research and teaching would be best protected by department-based reviews, argues Roger Brown
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Plucked: A History of Hair Removal, by Rebecca M. Herzig
There’s a piggy in the middle of this gripping tale of depilation, finds Emma Rees
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Huxley’s Church & Maxwell’s Demon: From Theistic Science to Naturalistic Science, by Matthew Stanley
Simon Underdown on the complicated process by which science replaced religion as means of explaining the world
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Sartre: A Philosophical Biography, by Thomas R. Flynn
Jane O’Grady on a survey of Sartre’s works and politics, and the contradictions they contained
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Making Space: How the Brain Knows Where Things Are, by Jennifer M. Groh
A detailed study of perception is a valuable primer on the subject, finds Tristan Bekinschtein
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Europe Entrapped, by Claus Offe
A German sociologist proposes that EU reform should be in the direction of revival, growth and social justice, explains Roger Morgan
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Poets and the Peacock Dinner: The Literary History of a Meal, by Lucy McDiarmid
Sandeep Parmar on an elaborate account of one moment in Modernism
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University ownership of A levels in doubt
Russell Group’s review body on ice after education secretary hits pause button
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Twenty-five years of New Queer Cinema
Nathan Smith looks back at a film movement that has challenged stigmas and defended the transgressive
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UUK warning over £6,000 fees
Board claims in public letter that Labour has ignored the ‘legitimate concerns of vice-chancellors’
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Hefce granted regulatory powers over new providers and universities
Move described as ‘early job application’ for council to be chief regulator after the election