Humanities

What did the stand-up tell academics who want to give better lectures? It's no laughing matter - it's about performing in the moment, Tariq Tahir hears

An AHRC fellow tells Olga Wojtas how foot-washing and drag acts feed into his practice-led research

With the REF research assessment has come of age but much still needs to be done, says David Eastwood

But Hefce refuses to define extra data that will be used to judge research quality. Zoe Corbyn reports

Study tallies 'hidden subsidy' of global scholarly communications system. Zoe Corbyn reports

Romantic attractions between teacher and student may be as old as pedagogy itself, but now such relationships cause people to worry about abuses of power and litigation. Only half of institutions have any guidelines on such relationships. Are they needed? asks Hannah Fearn

... but our tastes are swayed by price, packaging and other social psychological factors in ways we're often unaware of. Matthew Kieran considers the fragility of aesthetic opinions in the latest in our fortnightly series allowing academics to step outside their field of expertise

A €21m pot is up for grabs from pan-European collaborations in humanities, writes Chloe Stothart

Despite prevailing orthodoxies, creative writing is stealthily reviving liberal humanism, says Jonathan Taylor

Lecturer develops a 'more enriching' way of dealing with student plagiarism. Rebecca Attwood explains

Underfunding threatens viability of Scotland's theatre, warn top thespians. Olga Wojtas reports

Radhakrishnan Nayar on 'de-Westernisation'

AHRC chief tells angry academic entrepreneurialism is no threat to basic research. Zoe Corbyn reports

Brian Black finds insightful commentary on Zen's opposing voices, but no road map to a middle way

Lawrence Black looks on as scholars accept an invitation to make imaginary journeys back in time

Dilys Williams, director of the new Centre for Sustainable Fashion, looks to a greener future for the clothes we wear

Lynne Segal is not entirely seduced by arguments for the innate naughtiness of God's chosen people

David Cesarani revisits a city of the damned

Rational thinking is the tool of the intellectual's trade. And yet, argues Roy Harris, academics and universities have abandoned reason in pursuit of a more commercial credo

Lancaster and Manchester move to give students more time with tutors, writes Rebecca Attwood

Edinburgh and Cambridge universities to set up Muslim research centres. Olga Wojtas reports

Ian Patterson wishes a study built around writers' day-to-day concerns wasn't quite so workaday

Geoffrey Scarre on an insightful, reasoned look at the human capacity to offer and accept apologies

Stephen Gundle on the tales a beloved wooden puppet has to tell about his creator's country