Guardianship-surrendering parents divide US university leaders
Manoeuvre seen as ethically flawed but also as a sign of the country’s growing student debt crisis
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Five big priorities for Jo Johnson on his return
Jo Johnson is back in his old brief as England’s universities and science minister, reappointed by the prime minister, his brother Boris. John Morgan looks at his most pressing challenges – some his...
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What are you reading? – 1 August 2019
Our fortnightly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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BoJo silver lining
Brexit will be a disaster for HE, but do the new prime minister’s past utterances offer clues on what else universities might expect?
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Science Policy under Thatcher, by Jon Agar
Richard Joyner remembers a difficult era for British science
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Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes: 50 Years of Earth-Shaking Events, by Lynn R. Sykes
Luca Dal Zilio welcomes a compelling insider’s account of our increasing understanding of the science of earthquakes
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Claire Dwyer, 1964-2019
Tributes paid to a scholar with ‘empathy’ for understanding people of different faiths
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War and Chance: Assessing Uncertainty in International Politics, by Jeffrey A. Friedman
A.W. Purdue is unconvinced by an attempt to put military planning on a more scientific footing
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Judge Thy Neighbor: Denunciations in the Spanish Inquisition, Romanov Russia, and Nazi Germany, by Patrick Bergemann
Zoë Waxman considers an analysis of the age-old tendency to report people next door to the authorities
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China and Japan: Facing History, by Ezra F. Vogel
Book of the week: Kerry Brown applauds a nonagenarian’s analysis of ‘one of the world’s key relationships’
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Police raids tied to Swansea University ‘wellness village’ probe
New twist in case which triggered departure of vice-chancellor and management dean
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Julie Bishop to be next Australian National University chancellor
Former deputy Liberal leader to assume the reins from Gareth Evans
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Call for global overhaul of research evaluation gaining traction
‘Hong Kong Principles’ aim to tackle ‘perverse incentives’ in metrics-based policies and university promotion criteria
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What we value about research needs to change
Transparency, openness and integrity should be the measures by which we judge research, not volume and citations, argues Mai Har Sham
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Australia aims to join forces with UK in bid for EU research cash
Countries can boost each other’s prospects with a united appeal to colossal research funding scheme, say sector leaders