Moses: A Human Life, by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Robert A. Segal on a exploration of the interior life of the leader who led the Jews out of the desert
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New and noteworthy – 9 March 2017
Africa’s 17th-century warrior queen; the modern equivalent of tinkering in your shed; mergers and acquisitions in the world of HE; and what tax havens really do to the economy
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Grant winners – 9 March 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Universities with the biggest corporate links
John Morgan looks at the universities in Asia and beyond that have forged the closest ties with industrial partners
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Laurie Taylor – 9 March 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Harry Collins is voting to back scientific values
The principles of scepticism and open-mindedness are vital in a post-truth world, an expert on experts tells Matthew Reisz
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Firm friends: the UK needs better university-industry links
Theresa May’s new industrial strategy will support universities’ R&D, but more partnerships with business – while never entirely risk-free – are needed
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The wisdom, or not, of the ages in the REF
As one of the authors of the study cited in the article “Old and male REF panels fail to reward innovation, study says” (News, 2 March), I would like to point out that the interviewees took part in...
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Radical change
The report on the “over-representation” of left-liberal views in UK academia written by Noah Carl of Nuffield College, Oxford, which was based on a Times Higher Education survey from April 2015, was...
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The risk of novelty
Re the news article “Young academics’ research ‘elegant but not interesting’” (23 February), in which an emeritus professor bemoans the increasing “conservatism” of young scholars’ papers. A...
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Goldilocks marking
This is the season of soon-to-be graduates filling in the National Student Survey. Across the sector, the NSS is being watched with greater anxiety than ever before because the results will be a key...
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Mystical delusions
Thanks to the article for University Mental Health Day by Liz Morrish (“Audit culture is a resigning matter”, Features, 2 March), I was reminded of “the right to intellectual and professional self-...
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Should Canadian ‘indigenous knowledge’ be open to challenge?
The ‘indigenisation’ of Canada’s academy has had many positives, but some scholars are uneasy about universities’ reluctance to challenge native beliefs about the world, say Rodney Clifton and Gabor...