‘Momentous point’ for South Asian sectors, British Council event hears
From post-Taliban Afghanistan to quality control: Global Education Dialogue offered insights on topics such as access for women and private providers
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Departments: the ideal units of quality assessment
The standards of research and teaching would be best protected by department-based reviews, argues Roger Brown
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Plucked: A History of Hair Removal, by Rebecca M. Herzig
There’s a piggy in the middle of this gripping tale of depilation, finds Emma Rees
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Huxley’s Church & Maxwell’s Demon: From Theistic Science to Naturalistic Science, by Matthew Stanley
Simon Underdown on the complicated process by which science replaced religion as means of explaining the world
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Sartre: A Philosophical Biography, by Thomas R. Flynn
Jane O’Grady on a survey of Sartre’s works and politics, and the contradictions they contained
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Making Space: How the Brain Knows Where Things Are, by Jennifer M. Groh
A detailed study of perception is a valuable primer on the subject, finds Tristan Bekinschtein
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Europe Entrapped, by Claus Offe
A German sociologist proposes that EU reform should be in the direction of revival, growth and social justice, explains Roger Morgan
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Poets and the Peacock Dinner: The Literary History of a Meal, by Lucy McDiarmid
Sandeep Parmar on an elaborate account of one moment in Modernism
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University ownership of A levels in doubt
Russell Group’s review body on ice after education secretary hits pause button
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Best University Workplace Survey 2015: results and analysis
The results show that most people in the sector enjoy their work and their colleagues, but some are happier than others
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Best University Workplace Survey: unease at inadequate language skills
31 per cent of scholars think international students’ English skills are not up to scratch
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Sir Mark Walport debunks ‘myth’ that he is pushing research agenda
Chief scientific adviser is ‘amused’ by funding conspiracy theories but dismisses them as ‘complete invention’
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BIS may be abolished under Tories
Writing may be on the wall for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, according to policy thinktanks
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Must we sell our souls to make a bigger impact?
Efforts to trumpet the value of social science can misrepresent important controversies and subtleties, says Martyn Hammersley
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Blog: “Mega-faculties” are not the answer
David Phoenix explains why his institution is moving away from the model of big multidisciplinary departments