‘Major risk’ to European research from UK’s EU budget delay
British universities would be ‘most affected’ by failure to increase Horizon 2020 funding, MEP warns
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University finances: start spreading the risk
As universities rely on multiple income streams to stay afloat, private money comes with caveats and portfolios must balance profit and principle
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Managers need basic lessons in leadership
In the feature “Leading lights” (4 May), Agnes Bäker and Amanda Goodall make an excellent and spot-on argument that the best academics make the best heads of department, which applies even higher up...
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Allan Mills, 1933-2017
Planetary scientist whose sculptures can be found across the University of Leicester’s campus is remembered
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Attrition is a price worth paying for an open university system
Australian policymakers have moved to link funding to student retention. But they must accept that desirable trends don’t all arise in perfect harmony, says Andrew Norton
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American Girls in Red Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream, by Julia Mickenberg
Book of the week: Modern feminism can learn much from the women who visited revolutionary Russia, says Lara Douds
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Rise in universities prioritising style over scholarly substance
Students are being hoodwinked into enrolling on ‘trendy’ new degree programmes that are, according to one concerned academic, little more than a marketing exercise
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Books interview: Zeynep Tufekci
The author reminisces about the power of reading, the kindness of shopkeepers and the importance of protest
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What are you reading? – 11 May 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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You can’t cure students’ ills by typing on your computer
Being required to document interactions with troubled students in customer relations management systems is just a distraction from addressing their problems, says Susan D’Agostino
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The Dalai Lama controversy highlights the absurdity of safe space demands
Chinese students’ calls for the Tibetan leader to be barred from speaking at the University of California, San Diego show a flawed conception of accommodation and respect, says Ben Medeiros
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The week in higher education – 11 May 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media