Rachel Condry extols an analysis that draws upon survey data and interviews to ask vital questions about the hidden victims of parental incarceration
What might be done to support higher education systems in regions that are not recognised as states? asks Anne Corbett
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
Life after life - When scholars pass the baton of their papers and unfinished works
Warwick sociologist urges scholars to let go of their ‘sense of injury’ if they want to resist marketisation
UK parent institutions face questions over their procedures and monitoring of capital operations
Hefce-commissioned report recommends adjusting questions to counter fears that survey is being filled in ‘without sufficient thought’
New workstreams, fewer events and push to attract subscribers could help organisation to achieve self-sufficiency, chief says
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman on a shrewd analysis of the global order
Leeds v-c and former Hefce head Sir Alan Langlands ‘worried’ by George Osborne’s comments on science in the North
Seven men rule the Middle Kingdom, but why them? Jonathan Mirsky on a study of Party potentates
Foreign students in the UK need fluency, not just a certificate, says Karen Harris
Dorothy Bishop on the senseless purge at the Institute of Psychiatry
A $1 billion buyout of a UK biotech firm netted founder David S. Latchman just $709. He offers advice on seeking investors
What happens to scholars’ papers and unfinished works when they die? Matthew Reisz on the guardian’s dilemma