A-level results 2018: reaction from higher education
Key figures from the university sector respond to results and early Ucas figures on acceptances
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Micro-credentials ‘undermine’ learning
Billed as a remedy for career uncertainty, micro-credentials may play into bosses’ hands, critics warn
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Australian government takes over student insurance
Government steps in after scams undermine consumer protection arrangements
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The week in higher education – 16 August 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Looking history in the face in Budapest
After a visit to Hungary, Matthew Reisz reflects on how academics can resist simplistic, government-promoted versions of history
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Bongani Mayosi, 1967-2018
Tributes paid to a leading African expert on heart disease
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It’s time to be responsible student recruiters
Giving students the time and space to make informed decisions about where to study will set them up for success on their educational journey, says Christina Edgar
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The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene, by Simon L. Lewis and Mark A. Maslin
Robert J. Mayhew ponders whether many careless generations have led us into a new geological era
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In The Field: Life and Work in Cultural Anthropology, by George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch
Fascinating autobiographical experiences make a practical guide for those embarking on immersive research, says Mark Jamieson
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What are you reading? – 16 August 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Lessons from the Lobster: Eve Marder’s Work in Neuroscience, by Charlotte Nassim
Book of the week: A ‘thought biography’ reveals elements that make for success in science, Rivka Isaacson finds
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Is everything healthy in cancer research?
Nearly 50 years since war on cancer was declared, declarations of victory remain a distant prospect. Here, six cancer researchers assess the lie of the land
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The Ascent of John Tyndall: Victorian Scientist, Mountaineer, and Public Intellectual, by Roland Jackson
Once he had conquered one intellectual peak, this Irishman simply found another, says Richard Joyner
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Books interview: Elisabeth Schimpfössl
The lecturer in sociology and policy at Aston University discusses what led her to writing about Russia and its elites