Hitting the buffers
Post-crisis, UK academics’ pay stays flat
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Keeping Stoke-on-Trent at the heart of ceramics
University shows its new ‘fusion’ collection at this year’s Ceramics Biennial
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John Holland, 1929-2015
A pioneering computer scientist who offered many powerful insights into the nature of complex adaptive systems has died
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Interview with Chris Naunton
We talk to the director of the Egypt Exploration Society about mummies, whether university is right for everyone and his one-time ambition to play guitar for Radiohead
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MRC chief John Savill: ‘illusion’ that research council mergers will save money
Sir John makes robust defence of current set-up as he warns sector not to be ‘complacent’ about councils’ future
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Wikipedian in residence ‘improves public access to science’
But individuals are still much more likely to trust NHS sources of information on cancer
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NSS results unrelated to teaching quality, study claims
Research by University of Oxford academics provides evidence that student satisfaction scores are unconnected to exam performance
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Improving universities’ tech transfer ‘is not about cold-calling’
Fledgling company reaches out to the US sector to help broker university and industry collaboration
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The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World, by Pedro Domingos
In tomorrow’s world, all knowledge may be derived from data by a single process, finds John Gilbey
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The Feminism of Uncertainty: A Gender Diary, by Ann Snitow
Emma Rees lauds an essay collection that highlights the American scholar’s game-changing writing
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To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949, by Ian Kershaw
Robert Gellately on a study that puts Germany at the heart of the narrative
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Hefce role under question as Johnson seeks ‘simplification’
Funding council role could be taken on by other bodies, according to lead civil servant on Browne review
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Cambridge v-c ‘would be concerned about increases in fees’
Stance of Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who calls fee rise linked to TEF ‘contentious’, appears to contrast with that of Oxford counterpart
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Good Pharma: The Public-Health Model of the Mario Negri Institute, by Donald W. Light and Antonio F. Maturo
Pioneering medical research in Italy has defied industry and politics for decades, says David Healy