Surveillance Cinema, by Catherine Zimmer
Linnie Blake extols a study on films using the technology to tell their stories

Linnie Blake extols a study on films using the technology to tell their stories

A biography of the late Chinese leader details his long, complex career yet the statesman defies easy labels, says Kerry Brown

Bankers swap cufflinks for cassocks in an era of reinvention not defined by pay, finds Leslie Gofton

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Postgraduate loans are around the corner; will they drive fees up?

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Two universities’ no-holds-barred recruitment battle was unedifying; more dispiriting is to see that China’s best and brightest prefer to study abroad, says Hong Bing

BIS confirms it is looking at how to cut costs, after news emerges of ‘quick and dirty’ McKinsey review

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

UK’s quality body rejects funding council proposals to scrap institutional reviews

Research is pinpointing ways to make feedback more useful to undergraduates and teachers alike. David Carless writes

Older academics need to make room for the young, says Sally Feldman

Students ‘in strong position’ as number controls lifted, say sector observers