Campaign tales: on the doorstep with an academic candidate
Three scholars with their sights set on Westminster explain what drives them to aspire to a career in politics
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Royalties claim over Nazi’s writings raises fears for scholarship
Historians await legal judgment over heirs’ demands for payments from academics citing Joseph Goebbels’ diaries
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Post-election scenarios assessed
Whoever wins or holds the balance of power, senior sector figures see risks ahead for higher education funding, fees and policy
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30 April 2015
Financial check-up – Is your university in robust health?
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Paul Greatrix, George McKay, R. C. Richardson, Uwe Schütte and Peter J. Smith...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Worker bees are doing more for less of the honey
An academy built on low-wage, part-time staff will be a deficient and unworthy one, argues Deborah Rogers
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World in brief – 30 April 2015
United StatesRich get richer fasterThe 40 richest universities in the US are getting wealthier at a faster rate than other higher education institutions, according to a report by the Moody’s...
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Neil Armstrong, 1974-2015
A leading social and cultural historian of 19th- and 20th-century Britain has died
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Q&A with Curt Rice
We speak to an American linguist who will become the first foreigner to head a Norwegian institution of higher education
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Grant winners – 30 April 2015
Royal Society/British AcademyNewton International FellowshipsThese fellowships are given to non-UK early career postdoctoral researchers in the humanities, engineering and natural and social sciences...
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News in brief – 30 April 2015
Student votersGreens overtake Lib DemsThe Green Party has seen a surge in support among university students at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, according to a poll of 13,000 undergraduates. More...
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The week in higher education – 30 April 2015
The 2015 general election campaign has seen the usual scrabbling around for any bit of celebrity endorsement the parties can muster. The Conservatives seem daily to wheel out a former New Labour-...
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Ballot boxing
I am glad that David Prosser was interested in my review of Emma Crewe’s The House of Commons (“The personal pitch”, Letters, 23 April). But I would not necessarily agree with Prosser in his belief...
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Doing a PhD shouldn't hurt
I was delighted to read about the University of Exeter breaking the taboo and issuing details concerning the impact of PhD studies on the physical and mental health of students (“Four in 10 say PhD...