What are you reading? – 2 July 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles, directed by Chuck Workman
Having entered Hollywood a wunderkind, Orson Welles could never escape his own myth or his self-destructive tendencies, says Philip Kemp
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The postdoc experience: hopes and fears
Six early career researchers reflect on their experiences
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US men aren’t interested in ‘life-changing’ rhetoric of studying abroad
Report suggests that male social groups are ‘less fluid’ than women’s, who made up 63.5 per cent of American students overseas
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The quirks and surprises of being the in-house English speaker
From translating health and safety advice to tongue-twisters, there’s always something new to do, says Kate Macdonald
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Rebuilding from blaze helps Glasgow kindle new knowledge
The silver lining in the fire that ravaged an Art Nouveau gem is the chance to explore Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s methods
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Mike Redmayne, 1967-2015
A leading legal scholar notable for his “taste for the absurd” as well as his erudition has died
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Exam howlers: to share or not to share
Is it fair to laugh at students’ mistakes? Anger at THE’s annual exam howlers competition has generated a wave of self-published mistakes
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Grant winners – 2 July 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Athena SWAN success brings new challenges
The equality charter’s influence, take-up and ambitions are growing, writes Holly Else, but so are expectations
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Referencing headaches? There’s an app for that
In just under a year, RefME, a UK-built online tool that takes the sweat out of citations, has attracted almost a million users
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Addicted to sex? It’s unlikely, say academics
Kiwi historians claim the concept is incoherent and moralistic
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News in brief – 2 July 2015
UK higher education round-up and highlights from the Twittersphere
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From fair Verona to the wall beyond Ramallah
Teaching Shakespeare in Palestine was intense, disturbing and unforgettable, a University of Bristol lecturer says
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Times are tough, say majority of Irish academics
Post-2007 conditions are worse, workloads are higher and it’s ‘all about the money’ for management, report three-quarters of survey respondents