Nobel laureate attacks ‘luxury journals’
Nobel laureate Randy Schekman has pledged to stop publishing in “luxury journals”, which he believes contribute to the “disfigurement” of science.
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THE journalists scoop national awards
Times Higher Education journalists have been honoured at a national awards ceremony.
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Osborne admits numbers plan omits lost repayments
The government’s plan to fund extra student numbers by selling loans omits billions of pounds in lost repayments, the chancellor has admitted.
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THE books podcast: Barbara Graziosi interview
Download the podcastBarbara Graziosi, professor of Classics at Durham University and director for the arts and humanities at its Institute of Advanced Studies, joins Times Higher Education’s books...
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Gender segregation row: UUK publishes legal advice
Universities UK has published legal advice which backs its controversial guidance on the segregation of men and women at campus events.
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Student loans guardians savaged by Hodge
The government’s claim it can fully fund extra student places by selling loans is “wrong”, according to the MP in charge of examining public accounts.
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THE podcast: 12 December 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe removal of the student number cap in England, the death of Nelson Mandela, and our interview with master of St Benet’s Oxford hall, Werner Jeanrond, are all up for discussion...
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Behind the Academic Curtain: How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD, by Frank F. Furstenberg
Tara Brabazon on postgraduate career guidance that applies to an elite world that is shrinking
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Traveling in Place: A History of Armchair Travel, by Bernd Stiegler
Robert Mayhew on the vision, dignity and achievement of two centuries of armchair travellers
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Ezra Pound’s Fascist Propaganda, 1935-45, by Matthew Feldman
Richard Bosworth on an exploration of Pound’s activism before and during the Second World War
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The End of Plagues: The Global Battle against Infectious Disease, by John Rhodes
Helen Bynum on the history of vaccination
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The Nostalgia Factory: Memory, Time and Ageing, by Douwe Draaisma
Alan Collins considers the ‘reminiscence effect’
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The Making of the Modern British Home: The Suburban Semi and Family Life between the Wars, by Peter Scott
Grace Lees-Maffei on the sights and sounds of the suburbs
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Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics, by Michael Ignatieff
The death of an academic-cum-Liberal’s parliamentary career was really not so strange, argues Lynn McDonald
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European sun shines on research funding
The European Union officially adopted Horizon 2020 on 3 December 2013