A lack of ideological diversity is killing social research
Without more conservative perspectives in the academy, lawmakers will increasingly ignore and potentially defund social science, says Musa al-Gharbi
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Don't expect OfS leaders to fight market
Higher education policy in the UK has long since passed the point at which even the estimable Laurie Taylor struggles to satirise it. If any further proof were needed, it can be found in the comment...
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A burden shared
In the news story “Kept down by menial tasks? Black scholars and the ‘neoplantation’” (16 March), Lamar Johnson, an assistant professor in Michigan State University’s department of English, argues...
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US terms of aid
The article “Income-contingent loans ‘could solve US student debt crisis’” (14 March, www.timeshighereducation.com) contains a significant error. US federal education loans, such as the Stafford Loan...
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Friday on my mind
Despite acknowledging the importance of contradictory examples in the study of the humanities, James Nikopoulos (Opinion, 9 March) remarks on a society’s skill sets relevant to the “passions of their...
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All that matters
The feature on Harry Collins (“Authoritative testimony”, 9 March) says: “Building on the role of government scientific advisers, Collins and [Robert] Evans propose a detailed set of mechanisms for...
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Grant winners – 23 March 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Darwin and the Making of Sexual Selection, by Evelleen Richards
Book of the week: Simon Underdown enjoys a stunning view of Darwin at work on his less celebrated classic
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Left-Wing Melancholia: Marxism, History and Memory, by Enzo Traverso
A wide-ranging study is triumphant in plumbing the depths of socialist despair, says Fred Inglis
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Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Checking, Scrolling, Clicking and Watching, by Adam Alter
Is a study of addiction everything that we need it to be in a post-truth, alternative facts era? asks Tara Brabazon