Don't change the UK university application system – it works just fine
Despite concern about the use of predicted grades, Mary Curnock Cook believes the way students apply for university works well
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A new outlook: New Zealand's universities turn towards Asia
Vice-chancellor calls on sector to shift its focus away from country's colonial past
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University of Toronto head: Canada’s ‘openness’ is ‘stark alternative’ to UK/US
President Meric Gertler reflects on Canadian universities’ potential to ‘capitalise’ on political climate in competitor nations
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Universities ‘uncertain’ about lecture-capture copyright
Copyright and intellectual property policy on lecture capture ‘evolving’, says report, but institutions should provide supportive advice to academics
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Interview with Renaud Dehousse
We talk with the new president of the European University Institute about the politicisation of British universities, being a European citizen (whether you like it or not) and having no regrets
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Libraries ‘becoming invisible’ to junior scholars
Many early career researchers have ‘not gone to the library for years’, according to report
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Yu-kung Kao, 1929-2016
A leading scholar who brought his deep knowledge of Chinese literature with him to the US – and then back to China and Taiwan – has died
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Colombian conference seeks right internationalisation formula
Event explores the challenges and options that lie ahead for a post-conflict society
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Forging links outside Europe post-Brexit ‘not realistic’
Vice-principal tells SRHE annual conference that arts and humanities scholars cannot suddenly shift area of focus to different cultural settings
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Book of the Week: Gillian Beer's Alice in Space: The Sideways Victorian World of Lewis Carroll
Shelley King is happy to linger over an erudite, witty and intimate journey through Wonderland
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What does retirement mean for academics?
Lincoln Allison, Eric Thomas and Richard Larschan reflect on the ‘next phase’ of the scholarly life
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Is the library more than just a building?
Junior academics can access services without physically visiting premises, writes Holly Else
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The benefits of engagement
Simon Gaskell and Adrian Collette explain why proper engagement is an important driver of institutional performance, teaching and research
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What are you reading? – 8 December 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Power of Networks: Six Principles That Connect Our Lives, by Christopher G. Brinton and Mung Chiang
As we cannot cut the cords tethering us to tech, we must fully grasp the connection, says John Gilbey