Eugenics: the academy's complicity
Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman on the long shadow cast by Francis Galton’s theory
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Union seeks clarity on Glyndwr/Bangor ‘merger’
UCU wants answers to questions about campus location and job losses if proposal goes ahead
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Do the social sciences need a shake-up?
Amanda Goodall and Andrew Oswald examine the state of the disciplines
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Academia then and now
Christopher Bigsby reflects on an age of innocence, sherry and tenure
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The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon: Toward a Political History of Madness, by Laure Murat
Biancamaria Fontana on the tangled connections between historical events and mental illness
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Viktor Orbán’s ‘butler’ will not serve in EU education role
MEPs reject candidacy of right-wing Hungarian Tibor Navracsics to education, culture, youth and citizenship portfolio
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Africa needs to ramp up STEM research
World Bank report says countries of sub-Saharan Africa need more and better postgraduate qualifications
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Take charge to steer your career in the right direction
In a shifting employment landscape, academics are urged to drive their own progress rather than letting it happen by accident. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Are “forgivable fees” the answer?
Maintaining a stable university income while writing off a third of student loans could save money and win votes, John Cater suggests
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Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963-2010 at Tate Modern, London
The German artist critiqued Western ideals with humour and a sharp eye for their subjective nature, says Eliane Glaser
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The Copernicus Complex: The Quest for Our Cosmic (In)significance, by Caleb Scharf
Is life on our planet unique in space? And do we know how to find out? Cait MacPhee ponders
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Resonances of the Raj: India in the English Musical Imagination 1897-1947, by Nalini Ghuman
Andrew Blake appreciates a new view of the relationship between Empire and cultural hybridity
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Packaged Pleasures: How Technology and Marketing Revolutionized Desire, by Gary S. Cross and Robert N. Proctor
Isabelle Szmigin on how ‘pleasure engineers’ have affected our physical and social well-being
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Actual Consciousness, by Ted Honderich
Roberta Locatelli on an audacious venture to elucidate representations of thoughts and desires
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John Skelton: The Career of an Early Tudor Poet, by John Scattergood
David Salter on a comprehensive analysis of the diverse work of a ‘poet of contradictions’