Greed: From Gordon Gekko to David Hume, by Stewart Sutherland
Martin Cohen on a brief but powerful look at the history of avarice in society and what can be done to temper its more extreme elements

Martin Cohen on a brief but powerful look at the history of avarice in society and what can be done to temper its more extreme elements

A petite primer with grand ambitions excels in its secondary themes, says Michelle Baddeley

Tim Hall on a travelogue, covering 12 locations, with an abundance of ecological and cultural insights

Vladimir Tismaneanu lauds a posthumous and provocative work that reflects on the past but also on the current European predicament

An academic talks about her experience, the impact on her work and the long road to recovery

Roger Michell faced ethical as well as artistic issues in dramatising the vilification of an innocent eccentric questioned over a murder, he tells Richard Howells

Change to data collection methods in move designed to permit deeper analysis as former universities minister agrees to chair new Higher Education Advisory Board

Online courses and international competition may well mean that only six or seven survive as world-class institutions, report claims

Closures, court orders, political intrigue: Paul Jump on a Spanish university’s bitter ongoing battle

Make your work accessible and communicate what academics can offer industry if you want to make connections. Plus the latest higher education appointments

CentreForum thinktank argues that rapid growth has been a ‘good thing’ and that private institutions have been subjected to unfair regulation

Research team hopes that predictions will help to clarify the value of metrics in assessment

Removing student number caps in Australia led to a marketing explosion and a sharp rise in public spending, English higher education has been warned.

A group of University of Birmingham students occupied one of its main buildings, calling for free education and the right to protest

A former Labour education secretary has warned his party not to reduce tuition fees to £6,000