Philosopher in high heels tackles the beauty myth
Heather Widdows says ‘powder, paint, leather and heels’ have helped her to ‘unsettle and undermine the status quo’
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The neurotic academic: how anxiety fuels casualised academic work
Anxiety is being used as a tactic of governance to fuel productiveness and obedience among academics, argues Vik Loveday
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‘Lumpy’ funding better than nothing, says Australia science chief
Government pledges huge windfall for research facilities, but much of it will not be seen until the next decade
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British Academy questions REF’s open-access deadline for books
Scholarly body warns mandate could ‘undermine the UK’s place in the global research community’
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What grade do you get if you pay £257 for an essay?
Using a pseudonym, barrister Daniel Sokol puts an essay mill to the test
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Call for tailored mental health support for postgraduate researchers
One in four female and one in five male postgraduate researchers found to be seeking counselling during their studies, according to new report from Research England
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Withdrawal of ‘flawed’ international student survey welcomed
Academics raised concerns about ‘loaded’ questions asked by Migration Advisory Committee
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THE podcast: Forever young? Universities under 50
How are younger institutions building prestige and attracting global talent?
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Athena SWAN review to target administrative burden
Brunel University London vice-chancellor to examine flagship equality scheme used in UK, Ireland and Australia
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Springer Nature is committed to being a part of the open-access movement
Institutions, research funding bodies and publishers must all work together to change the system in the interest of advancing research, says Steven Inchcoombe
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Athena SWAN is imperfect but valuable
I have a lot of sympathy for the issues Rebecca Harrison raised in her opinion article “False goddess” (3 May), in which she argues that Athena SWAN and similar schemes are failing. I too am involved...
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Sexual misconduct in academia: reassessing the past
The #MeToo movement has cast historical behaviour and curricula in a new, shadowy light. Four writers give us their perspectives
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Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering: What Philosophy Can Tell Us about the Hardest Mystery of All, by Scott Samuelson
Book of the week: life is full of inescapable sorrows; dealing with them takes grace and grit, K. E. Gover learns
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The academic who hopped a freight train to live and learn with drifters
For insight into the ‘pervasive dislocation’ of people’s lives today, the sociologist Jeff Ferrell rode the rails across the US. He tells Matthew Reisz about life on the road and the limits of...
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Visualizing Disease: The Art and History of Pathological Illustrations, by Domenico Bertoloni Meli
Depictions of sick human bodies were valuable in advancing medical knowledge, says Helen Bynum