Scottish government provides free sanitary products for students
World-first scheme also covers schools and colleges

World-first scheme also covers schools and colleges

Immersive ethnographic research often produces gripping accounts of life on the edge, but verifying such work can be problematic. Matthew Reisz examines how ethnographers can produce work that is...

It’s the devil you know, as ‘least-worst option’ for university sector prevails

US academics consider how the Bard can be taught to students who may feel he has nothing to offer them

If we truly want to widen access to higher education, we must wake up to the fact that a school-leaver isn’t representative of all new university entrants, says Jonathan Wylie

Funny jokes improve class cohesion and dud gags do no harm, study finds – but offensive quips can alienate learners

UK government guidance highlights EU programmes where ‘third country’ participation is not permitted

Ugly, hateful talk must be countered with debate and argument, not bans, says Joanna Williams

A forensic linguist’s compelling and sometimes chilling case files demonstrate how criminals’ punctuation can be their undoing

Book of the week: Premiers often have a tenuous hold on power in Cabinet governments, finds Vernon Bogdanor

Bill Niven examines a project that attempted to preserve Teutonic traditions in the wake of defeat

Zoë Waxman praises a study that debunks the comforting post-war myth of the resisting majority in countries such as France, Belgium and the Netherlands

The Dutch anthropologist discusses growing up in the sectarian Netherlands, following the hippie trail and whether religious tolerance has a future

Goodbye Poppleton. Memorial edition.