Oxford universities both struggling on state school recruitment
Latest Hesa data show that University of Oxford again has lowest share of new students from state schools, but Oxford Brookes is furthest from its benchmark
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Interview with Leila Guerra
Imperial College Business School’s new associate dean discusses her Spanish heritage, the challenges of balancing work and family, and how business schools should practise what they preach
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Abby Lippman, 1939-2017
McGill University campaigner on women’s health issues remembered
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Career advice: how to handle ‘revise and resubmit’ requests
In an increasingly competitive publishing environment, responding effectively to criticism is key to getting published, says Robert MacIntosh
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Will other countries follow Germany into battle with Elsevier?
Although Finland and South Korea have agreed deals with the publisher, European sectors are looking to take a harder line
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Amsterdam head sparks debate on limits of internationalisation
Scholar says universities must take responsibility for ‘polemic debate’, while other experts reject idea that cap on international recruitment is needed
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Lecturers face investigation if average mark below 2:1
Academics are told to think twice about returning module marks that average below a 2:1
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Transatlantic Antifascisms: from the Spanish Civil War to the end of World War Two, by Michael Seidman
A study of divergent defiant forces omits the ‘hot and cold strangeness’ in loyalty, finds Fred Inglis
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Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine, by Alex de Waal
Why can’t we feed the world? Because food is a powerful weapon of war that we have done little to disable, says Tehila Sasson
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Mozart in Vienna: The Final Decade, by Simon P. Keefe
In composing, Mozart focused not on ideal form but on how a piece would play, hears Nicholas Till
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The Proletarian Answer to the Modernist Question, by Nick Hubble
Leo Mellor on a work that explores a group of writers for whom questions about time, selfhood and reality led not to introspection or aesthetic withdrawal but to a desire to change the world
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THE podcast: 1-7 February 2018 issue review
Your weekly digest rounding up some of the top higher education stories
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Wellcome Trust to open Berlin office ahead of Brexit
As Brexit nears, charitable research funder is the latest UK institution to establish a German presence
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There is no stampede from study to permanent residence
But sophisticated New Zealand analysis also belies assumption that highly educated international students are most likely to find local employment, says Roger Smyth
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Concessions on Indian student immigration could give UK a post-Brexit boost
India has made clear that education is key to a future trade deal; the UK must take note, says Lord Bilimoria