Vice-chancellors ‘must come clean’ over grace-and-favour homes
University and College Union calls for regulator to close loophole that allows institutions to omit details of housing perks from annual statements
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‘New elite’ emerges as UK ranking combines TEF and REF
Architects of merged league table say results show how old hierarchies are outdated, but pre-92 institutions still dominate
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Book-smart is not enough. Students must be world-smart, too
Universities must become more accessible and engaged if they are to thrive in the technological future, says Feridun Hamdullahpur
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What are you reading? – 15 March 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The transformative effect of university-level learning inside prisons
Prisoners rarely get tertiary lessons, let alone have undergraduates study alongside them, but the results can be profound. Helen Lock reports
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New and noteworthy – 15 March 2018
Writers’ relationships with their mothers; doctors are people too; Hilter’s passion for celluloid; a journey through mental illness; and the birth of the world’s first independent air force
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Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat, by Jan Zielonka
Book of the week: Anti-populists need to look in the mirror instead of fixating on political rivals, says Matthew Goodwin
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Sister act: is the academic sisterhood too good to be true?
Does solidarity among female scholars exist only in the (male) mind? Are women really supportive of one another? And if so, how far does it go to redressing male advantage?
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Laurie Taylor – 15 March 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Will sexual harassment scandals define our times?
In view of recent revelations of abuse in several industries, networks such as an academic sisterhood could offer vital support and solidarity
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The educators strike back: walkout is right
I was dismayed to read John Marenbon’s article, “USS strike: academics are wrong to walk out” (Opinion, 2 March). When you take away the hysteria (“trade union militancy”), the ad hominem slurs (“...
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Men on board
Elizabeth Chell reports (“Male mastheads”, Letters, 8 March) that 100 per cent of the editors of 23 journals in management and entrepreneurship are male. Not all social science disciplines are the...
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True mettle
Elizabeth Kiss assures us that, compared with welding, philosophy “cultivates habits of reflection and self-examination” (HE&me, News, 8 March). A philosopher who would have had an interest in...