The Ten Equations that Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too, by David Sumpter
Tony Mann welcomes a compelling account of the power – and ethical challenges – of mathematics in helping us address crucial issues in today’s world
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Charter schemes ‘have contributed to equality failures’
Panel discussion hears that pandemic should be used as a springboard for real change by looking at leadership
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Neil Ferguson: delay in lockdown UK’s ‘biggest’ pandemic mistake
Ex-adviser to UK government praises global scientific community’s ‘remarkable’ response and criticises ‘false narrative’ that he was ‘responsible’ for lockdowns
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26 November 2020 digital edition
Refashioning the canon: How should universities approach decolonisation?
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Universities cannot flag in the pursuit of change for good
This tumultuous year has shown universities can adapt rapidly and radically, but the reimagining mustn’t pause amid continuing disruptive pressures
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Angelika Amon, 1967-2020
Tributes paid to a geneticist whose ‘trailblazing science’ was matched by her ‘fearlessness’ in calling out discrimination
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French academics fear for freedom amid Islamic terrorism row
French scholars, accused of fostering terrorism, fear escalating rhetoric could curtail freedom of research
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Prospective PhDs waiting more than two years for Australian visas
Australian officials mute as exasperated foreigners watch study and career opportunities evaporate
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‘One in five’ female students in UK is victim of sexual assault
Ethnic minority students twice as likely to be assaulted in teaching space as white classmates
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German funder sees early success in grant-by-lottery trial
Picking winners at random helps back risky research, boosts niche subjects and curbs nepotism, recipients say
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The week in higher education – 26 November 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Ombudsman shows caution on complaints over Covid online shift
English and Welsh ombudsman willing to admonish universities over Covid-related disruption only if they have not made effort to deliver quality online learning, case summaries reveal
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Alfaisal University sponsored supplement
Produced by THE and Alfaisal University. A paid partnership with Alfaisal University.
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Interview with Sophie Hannah
The crime writer on how to teach mystery writing, why she loves self-help books, and the literary appeal of a campus murder
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Pedagogy has nothing to teach us
Most lecturers dread educationalists’ holier-than-thou, discipline-blind invocations of the latest teaching fads, says an anonymous academic