Campus round-up - 12 December 2013
Inner visionsThese pictures, which show a computed tomography scan of a Peruvian mummy, are part of an exhibition showcasing extraordinary images from biology and medicine. Visions of Discovery is...
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Grant winners - 12 December 2013
National Institute for Health ResearchPublic Health Research programmeAward winner: Frances GardnerInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £337,265How far could widespread dissemination of parenting...
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THE Scholarly Web - 12 December 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Q&A with Fiona Sampson
We speak to the professor of poetry at the University of Roehampton’s new Poetry Centre. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Jock Young, 1942-2013
One of the world’s leading criminologists has died
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News in brief - 12 December 2013
REF 2014‘Selective’ alarm fails to go offFears that universities would be more selective about who they submitted to the 2014 research excellence framework have proved unfounded. According to the...
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Odds and quads - 12 December 2013
The diagram showing the flow of blood in the forearm is taken from William Harvey’s De Motu Cordis (1628), a pioneering exposition of how blood circulates around the body
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Mandela’s death triggers memories of anti-apartheid struggle
How big a role did scholars play in abolition of heinous system?
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Watchdog backs THE’s demand for timely minutes from London Met
Institution’s 12-month embargo is probably ‘in breach’ of ICO guidelines. David Matthews reports
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Humanities must lead on European stage or risk being left behind
Oxford scholar says discipline can play vital role in meeting biggest challenges
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US court raises chances of jocks getting piece of action
Judgment is a key development in student athletes’ bid to claim a cut of billion-dollar college sports
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Eastern promise
I’m sitting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (previously Saigon), a progressive and cosmopolitan metropolis that has an abundance of scooters and a vibrant cafe culture. With a distinctive Parisian feel...
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Croatia weighs a strategy for higher education reform
Following student protests, government mulls a sector report calling for change. Cyrille Cartier writes
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St Benet’s: fellowship of the ecumenical table
Matthew Reisz talks to the master of Oxford hall and ‘place of inter-religious encounter’