Finem respice! Poppleton’s undying spirit
Laurie Taylor’s campus creation was loved because it mirrored academics’ own experiences. Although it’s closed, it will live on
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Poor production is killing the video star
Lecture capture has not taken off. Is it time to call in the thespians, asks Michael Marinetto
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Population collapse must speed South Korean university reform
Soul-searching is required by institutions if they want to survive the alarming decline in student numbers that will leave many classrooms empty, says Jayden Kim
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Education policy void looms as Australian government implodes
Political meltdown scotches hopes for stability in university sector
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John Casida, 1929-2018
Tributes paid to one of the world’s leading experts on pesticides
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Are research institutes islands of excellence?
Independent research institutes are hailed as hothouses for cutting-edge science, but they seem to be falling out of fashion. Rachael Pells asks if concentrating research in universities is a better...
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#MeToo: sexual harassment by students can no longer be ignored
Sexual harassment of female lecturers by their students is one of the less discussed aspects of the interplay between gender and power in academia. Kate Cantrell tells her story
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Believe it or not, supernatural still a strong pull for academics
Researchers as interested in the impact of supernatural belief on society as whether those views are grounded in fact or fiction
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The publication game leads to trivial pursuits
Growing pressure to publish only in elite tier ignores the vital importance of lesser-ranked titles to academia and society, says Adam Graycar
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HE should take over FE’s sub-degree courses, says Hepi report
LSBU v-c calls for universities to take full charge of Level 4 and 5 courses, as small colleges could ‘dilute perception of quality’
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‘Hasty’ funding calls ‘prejudiced against women and carers’
Academics claim that funding application deadlines are becoming tighter
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The week in higher education – 23 August 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Applying the science of stand-up
Life as a comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe has many parallels with the experiences of early career academics, explains Anna Ploszajski
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What are you reading? – 23 August 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers