Obituary - John Wilson
An academic described as “the father of rail human factors”, who developed tools now widely used by signallers across the world, has died.John Wilson was born in Greater Manchester on 13 February...
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Leader - Women equal to the task
Undaunted by battles that can be gruelling and disheartening, women are ramping up the fight for equality in the academy
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Overseas students’ right to work must be reinstated to level the public-private playing field, argues William Hunt
To level the playing field, the state must reinstate working rights for overseas private students, argues William Hunt
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Universities can do little to prevent cheating via essays written to order, says a seasoned ‘ghostwriter’
An anonymous ‘freelance ghostwriter’ explains how universities have little defence against personalised services of this kind
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Fantasy must guide explorations of the reality of female sexuality, says Laura Frost
The exploration of women’s sexuality would benefit from less talk of dopamine and more discussion of fantasy, argues Laura Frost
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Alan Ryan - Humanities in dire straits? Tell me something I don’t know
A sense of impending doom is nothing new in the humanities, says Alan Ryan
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Letters
‘Enemy within’ returns Inglis’ unfriendly fireThank you, Fred Inglis, for jolting me out of my false consciousness (“Incinerated by the branding iron”, 18 July). We can all agree that university...
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Bringing up baby while climbing the career ladder
A powerful edited volume offers diverse testimonies of how female academics at different stages of their careers have juggled the demands of family and work. Matthew Reisz reports
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Only death could break this bond
The wife of a giant of science gave him valuable intellectual stimulus, Graham Farmelo discovers
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Why Europe Matters: The Case for the European Union, by John McCormick
Roger Morgan welcomes a book that tackles ignorance, dispels confusion and inspires appreciation about the EU
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Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis, by Nancy Fraser
Gwendolyn Beetham on a collection of essays that remind us that an alternative to global capitalism’s inequality is badly needed
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Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination, by May Joseph
Laurence Coupe celebrates efforts to rethink urban spaces to give them an ecological dimension
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The Lost Art of Finding Our Way, by John Edward Huth
Robert J. Mayhew on how people need to recover their ability to find their way without using technology
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Liberty’s Dawn: A People’s History of the Industrial Revolution, by Emma Griffin
Pat Hudson on a treasure trove of accounts of working-class individuals enjoying new opportunities and choices amid change