Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure, by Lynn Comella
Book of the week: Meet the women whose lusty revolution changed the sexual culture of the US, says Laura Frost

Book of the week: Meet the women whose lusty revolution changed the sexual culture of the US, says Laura Frost

John Last believes that UK schools policy risks damaging the flow of creative students into universities and jobs

Minister outlines plans for TEF and new regulator to tackle problem

The bullying and subsequent suicide of a talented Ivy League scientist exposes ugly truths about the cruelty and dysfunction at the heart of academic science

Minister to set out plans for new regulator to ‘use its powers’ on senior pay in UUK speech

Glasgow vice-chancellor Sir Anton Muscatelli defends ‘cost-efficient’ sector driving UK growth

Universities’ shabby treatment of casual academics flies in the face of their professed commitment to education and dignity, says Jedidiah Evans

No tax inspector or police officer can claim rights over what they write for their jobs, so why should academics, asks Gabriel Egan

University leaders frustrated by lack of clarity on higher education in party manifestos

A generation of young women chose dancing over more ‘respectable’ pursuits, finds Clare Griffiths

A militaristic organisation that emerged in Warsaw in 1929 was accused of fascism – but were its violent actions justified, asks Geoffrey Alderman

An academic parent, a student and two researchers consider if the metrics approach is really the game changer for improving student outcomes that many claim, or if it has a dark side

Perhaps good fences can make good neighbours after all, suggests David Newman

Digital media democracy expert on tension between control and engagement, and need for less interesting research in his field

A national postgraduate admissions system would allow universities to improve planning, enhance student satisfaction and widen participation, says Michelle Morgan