Scientific Babel: The Language of Science from the Fall of Latin to the Rise of English, by Michael D. Gordin
Richard Joyner on the dwindling role of German and Russian in the communication of research
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Inventing Exoticism: Geography, Globalism and Europe’s Early Modern World, by Benjamin Schmidt
Robert Mayhew on how geographical texts of the early 18th century preferred an aesthetic of the ‘exotic’ over accuracy
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I, Superorganism: Learning to Love Your Inner Ecosystem, by Jon Turney
Helen Bynum on the exciting and vital ‘molecular chatter’ taking place in the human microbiome
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Generation Y are failing to put money where their mouths are
Alan Ruby wishes students would use their economic clout in a more politically and morally meaningful way than purchasing organic burritos
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On the rise: spending on R&D in the UK
About £7.6 billion worth of research and development was carried out in higher education in 2013
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Forty per cent of PhDs at Exeter suffer ill health, study reveals
Exeter’s Students’ Guild survey prompts opening of doctoral college to combat isolation and depression
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Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2015 results
High scores for campus universities in our annual poll
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Stefan Grimm inquest: new policies may not have prevented suicide
A hearing into the ‘needless’ death of a professor at Imperial College London has ruled that he took his own life by asphyxiating himself
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Half of scholars say workloads heavier in £9K fees era
THE’s Best University Workplace Survey 2015 reveals concerns over class sizes and other issues in the wake of higher tuition fees
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Interview: the “philosopher president” of Uruguay
Martin McQuillan meets José Mujica to discuss education and philosophy
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Drugs on campus: from psychedelia to responsible research
Ross Aikins considers the evolution of substance use and how universities shape the debate
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Graduates still face job discrimination on sexuality, suggests study
Gay and lesbian graduates in the UK are still experiencing discrimination when looking for a job, research has suggested
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Student vote encouraged by online forum’s campaign
The Student Room has launched a campaign to get its members to register to vote so they can affect results in marginal seats in the general election
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NUS figures fuel debate on divestment
Scottish universities have investments of nearly £16 million in oil, coal and gas extraction, and £3 million in the arms industry