The insecure scholar: The Judas generation
The revolutionaries who shook the academy’s foundations allowed the managerialists to take over
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Research faces ‘managed or neglected decline’ without clear strategy, says advisory body
A new report from the Council of Science and Technology urges the Government to rethink the way it supports the UK’s research base. Zoë Corbyn writes
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Dismantling subject centres would be ‘self-immolation’ for HEA
In the wake of a grant reduction, says Chris Rust, the easiest cuts to the Academy’s budget could be the hardest to recover from
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Landmark strike vote at King’s College London
Proposed job cuts leave scholars with ‘no alternative’ to industrial action, says union
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Bournemouth academic’s constructive dismissal claim upheld
Institution’s decision to raise marks on failed exam papers ‘an unequivocal affront’ to Paul Buckland’s integrity, Court of Appeal rules. Melanie Newman reports
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Students are the priority, say university ministers
Lammy, Willetts and Williams face off at THE debate. Melanie Newman reports
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My Eureka Moment: It's there - or is it?
Harry Collins' research in the 1970s led him to realise that when scientists were trying to detect gravitational waves, there was no way of verifying that the detector itself was actually working...
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Mind the gap
Widening participation is a site of 'moral panic', marked by uncertainties over data and the efficacy of public funding. Despite all this, the academy is striving to deliver on its promise: greater...
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Book of the week: Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy
Arrogance and avarice caused the crash, and they're still going strong, learns Michelle Baddeley
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How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Dunbar's Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks
An evolutionary anthropologist's theory needs further developing, says Steven Rose
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Cinema Wars: Hollywood Film and Politics in the Bush-Cheney Era
Douglas Kellner came of age at Columbia University during the student demonstrations of 1968, and his work has a political drive that continually harks back to the protest ethic of that period. His...
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The Canon: Mythologies. By Roland Barthes
Why is the Church like margarine?This sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but is actually one of the questions addressed in Roland Barthes' Mythologies, which first appeared in 1957. Inspired by...
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The Domestication of Genius: Biography and the Romantic Poet
The obsession with the private lives of the famous is not a new phenomenon, writes Sharon Ruston
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Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992
Despite numerous efforts by scholars over recent years to reassess approaches to the popular music canon, it would seem that most publishing houses (university presses included) have felt...
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American Experimental Poetry and Democratic Thought
How do ideas travel across cultures? The locks of Washington DC's canal, a park ranger will proudly tell you, were designed by Leonardo da Vinci; Thomas Jefferson developed his tastes in wine, and...