Venki Ramakrishnan to be next president of Royal Society
Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been unveiled as president elect of the Royal Society, following a ballot of fellows.
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Keele University promotes deputy v-c to top job
Keele University will promote its deputy vice-chancellor, Trevor McMillan, to become its next leader.
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USS consultation website ‘does not allow comments’
Academics complain after ‘technical difficulties’ delay responses and modelling tool
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15 pictures of amazing science
National science photography contest showcases pictures of remarkable projects
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Ucas applicants ‘welcome influence of overseas students’
University applicants welcome the presence of international students on campus and believe they will improve learning experiences, a survey suggests.
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THE podcast: Bethany Coates interview
Download the podcastStanford University’s graduate business school is launching a UK-based teaching programme for the first time.Bethany Coates, assistant dean for global innovations programs, talks...
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Silence Was Salvation: Child Survivors of Stalin’s Terror and World War II in the Soviet Union, by Cathy A. Frierson
Hester Vaizey is impressed by a collection of interviews with young victims of the purges
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Rethinking the Law School: Education, Research, Outreach and Governance, by Carel Stolker
Is legal training fit for purpose? A global study asks all the right questions, says Caroline Hunter
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Stalin’s World: Dictating Soviet Order, by Sarah Davies and James Harris
Robert Gellately on a study analysing the dictator’s perceptions
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Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe, by Esra Özyürek
Ursula King on a profile of the many faces of Islam in one country
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The Third Reich in History and Memory, by Richard J. Evans
An eminent scholar’s sure-footed essays serve to take the temperature of the field, says Neil Gregor
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How a German university lost its chairs
Protracted battle to retrieve a computer centre’s seats for the elderly and handicapped at Bremen says much about the bureaucratic mindset
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Joshua Reynolds: Experiments in Paint
An artist often portrayed as an orthodox portraitist is depicted as having an ‘unquenchable thirst’ for innovation and experiment, finds Shahidha Bari
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Shortlist for Oxford vice-chancellor taking shape
Andrew Hamilton to take over at NYU after he makes his exit
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Keeping DLHE data honest
The article by an anonymous former employee of an English university will concern anyone with an interest in the quality of higher education data and the broader reputation of the sector (“Bar work?...