Peer review as a way of validating research is bunk
The current review process has many holes, says Apostolos Koutropoulos
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Australian universities aim to bowl over top Indian students
Australian delegation that includes former cricketer Adam Gilchrist aims to boost educational links with subcontinent
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China crisis: what does it mean for student recruitment?
Currency devaluation and economic slowdown could stymie lucrative market
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Pay academics bonuses to boost productivity, study suggests
Performance-related pay causes the best academics to cluster together, evidence from Germany suggests
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World University Rankings blog: treating countries fairly
Phil Baty explains how Times Higher Education is moving towards a more inclusive university ranking
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Graduate unemployment back to pre-recession levels
But longitudinal survey also finds more university leavers are now working part-time or engaged in further study
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Terry Culhane, 1934-2015
A linguist who helped radically transform the BBC Russian-language courses has died
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Helping veterans explore a new avenue on Civvy Street
University of South Wales offers academic credit for skills and experience gained in the military
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Q&A with Rick Rylance
We talk to the AHRC chief executive as he prepares to move to the School of Advanced Study
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Minecraft: striking gold in the classroom?
University of Hull demonstrates pedagogical potential of world-building game
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The Man Who Closed the Asylums: Franco Basaglia and the Revolution in Mental Health Care, by John Foot
Helen Bynum welcomes a study of the psychiatrist who ended the jail-like seclusion of patients
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The Mythology of Work: How Capitalism Persists Despite Itself, by Peter Fleming
Kate Hardy pauses in her labours to reconsider our attitudes to the paid employment treadmill
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Xerxes: A Persian Life, by Richard Stoneman
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones appreciates a nuanced biography of a complex ruler whose achievements are often ignored
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How Propaganda Works, by Jason Stanley
Martin Cohen on how the failings of liberal democracies have affected every aspect of our lives
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Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web, by Joseph M. Reagle Jr
A study of the internet’s bullies and manipulators avoids the hard questions, says Tara Brabazon