Cambridge v-c defends supervisor of murder victim Giulio Regeni
Stephen Toope describes public speculation about Maha Abdelrahman’s involvement in the case as ‘inaccurate, damaging and potentially dangerous’
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Bring in observers to avoid gender bias, universities told
‘Trained observers’ can help selection committees stamp out implicit bias against women, Europe’s biggest highest education institutions say
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Winston Purdy, 1941-2017
Tributes paid to the ‘voice of McGill’
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Interview with Richard Barbrook
The politics lecturer talks Corbyn, computer games and reggae music
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For-profit university director pocketed £1.6 million
Office for Students asked to tackle huge pay awards given to leaders of private providers
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Professors warn of recruitment ‘disaster’ over USS changes
Senior academics express fears for younger colleagues as strike deadline looms
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Erdoğan attack sparks fears over future of Turkish universities
President’s broadside against Boğaziçi University raises questions over Islamisation of institutions and international links
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Anti-university narrative ‘politically motivated’, say UK v-cs
Institutional leaders tell survey that current avalanche of criticism ‘lacks substance’
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Film Bodies: Queer Feminist Encounters with Gender and Sexuality in Cinema, by Katharina Lindner
A study exploring Natalie Portman’s role in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan and Céline Sciamma’s film Girlhood is a fascinating addition to the discipline’s output, argues Davina Quinlivan
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Death Makes the News: How the Media Censor and Display the Dead, by Jessica M. Fishman
From Hillsborough to rape victims, a study mulls the place of emotive images, says Sharon Wheeler
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Cosmopolitanisms, edited by Bruce Robbins and Paulo Lemos Horta
In this collection, cosmopolitanism is a leviathan, housing contradiction and dispute
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The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics, by Mark Lilla
For centrists to regain control will need more than a focus on citizenship, says Michael Marinetto
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‘Publish or perish’ is perverse without an effective publishing system
Pakistani journals lack the professionalism and expertise to support a thriving knowledge economy, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz
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The heavy lifting is done, but Sam Gyimah still has bridges to build
The UK’s new higher education minister needs to move beyond recent spats to prioritise science, funding and mitigating Brexit, says David Bell
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Australia’s cuts are not a lobbying failure
The government’s unilateral move to rein in costs is the inevitable result of a volatile and emotive political climate, says Warren Bebbington