Funders call for more investment in Brazilian science More research spending needed, says head of Brazil’s innovation agency By Holly Else 29 July
Cloud technology: the advantages and disadvantages for universities Jeremy Sharp looks at the perks and pitfalls for universities using cloud-based services 28 July
Let students build tech products, UK sector told Graduate talent spotter says UK’s ‘theoretical’ courses should be more like those in continental Europe By Ellie Bothwell 27 July
Ernest Kuh, 1928-2015 A leading expert on electronic circuit theory who spent his whole career at Berkeley has died By Matthew Reisz 23 July
Funding fears as mental health demand soars Hefce study shows 132 per cent rise in number of students reporting a mental health problem By Chris Havergal 23 July
REF results lead Wolverhampton to plan for job cuts University and College Union says proposals could mean a third of Wolverhampton's research professors lose their jobs By John Morgan 13 July
Introduce ‘kitemark’ for data analytics courses, says UUK Report calls for desired graduate skill set in the field to be ‘clearly set out’ By Chris Havergal 13 July
Private college’s retention rates ‘unsatisfactory’, says QAA ABI College investigation finds only two of 45-strong cohort have achieved intended qualifications By Chris Havergal 3 July
Teach all computing students about cybersecurity, universities told Teaching criteria updated in response to government and industry demands By Chris Havergal 30 June
US international postgraduate applications up for 10th year running Increase led by rise of applications from India and growing popularity of STEM subjects By Ellie Bothwell 30 June
Graduate employment and salaries up, but gender pay gap remains Destination of Leavers from Higher Education study reveals outcomes for 2014 graduates By Chris Havergal 25 June
Graduate jobs market improving but skills shortage remains ‘Buoyant market’ leads to unfilled posts By Zaki Dogliani 18 June
Stanford president John Hennessy to step down John Hennessy has announced plans to step down as president of Stanford University in summer 2016, after leading the institution for more than 15 years By Ellie Bothwell 12 June
University of Reading announces restructure for systems engineering Institution may close one of its engineering schools after a 'disappointing result' in the research excellence framework By Holly Else 4 June
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World, by Bruce Schneier Paul Bernal clicks with a maverick thinker who shows how business and governments are building a global surveillance network and how we can fight back 21 May
The Internet of Things, by Samuel Greengard A network of ‘smart systems’ to make our lives easier must be greeted with caution, says John Gilbey 16 April
The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms that Control Money and Information, by Frank Pasquale The big players in finance and technology misuse their power over our lives, says Paul Bernal 12 March
The Undersea Network, by Nicole Starosielski John Gilbey is fascinated by the unseen fibre-optic communications cables that gird the globe 5 March
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous, by Gabriella Coleman Paul Bernal finds much to admire in this compelling examination of the diverse events the group has been involved in 8 January
The Computing Universe: A Journey through a Revolution, by Tony Hey and Gyuri Pápay John Gilbey on an ambitious and comprehensive look at the changing world of computers 1 January
Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness, by Nathaniel Tkacz Paul Bernal admires an analysis of the sanctified ‘neutrality’ of the encyclopedia we all love to hate 1 January
Play Matters, by Miguel Sicart Steve Redhead on a discussion of play as a means of interacting with the world around us 23 October
Reality Mining: Using Big Data to Engineer a Better World, by Nathan Eagle and Kate Greene Are our ever more monitored lives becoming safer as a result? John Gilbey sifts the evidence 16 October
The App Generation: How Today’s Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World, by Howard Gardner and Katie Davis Tara Brabazon ponders an exploration of youth and new technology 6 March
Going Beyond Google Again: Strategies for Using and Teaching the Invisible Web, by Jane Devine and Francine Egger-Sider Search differently, says Sarah Ison 23 January
Delete: A Design History of Computer Vapourware, by Paul Atkinson John Gilbey is reunited with fondly remembered computer hardware that never achieved market success 17 October
Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection, by Ethan Zuckerman Tara Brabazon on building difference online 5 September
Crowdsourcing, by Daren C. Brabham John Gilbey on a stimulating discussion of the definition of a widely used term 25 July
Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet by Finn Brunton Unsolicited emails can be a costly nuisance, says John Gilbey 16 May
The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games by Jesper Juul Steve Redhead takes a byte from a fascinating but flawed analysis 4 April
To Save Everything, Click Here: Technology, Solutionism, and the Urge to Fix Problems that Don’t Exist by Evgeny Morozov Tara Brabazon on the hypocrisy of digital utopianism 21 March
Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking by E. Gabriella Coleman John Gilbey on how the geeks inherited cyberspace 28 February
The Visioneers by W. Patrick McCray Jon Turney on future-facing researchers Gerard O’Neill and Eric Drexler 31 January
Hack attack Jeff Yan and a colleague at Newcastle have developed a tool to help web companies beat the spammers By John Gill 30 October
