Naomi Wolf wanted extra year-long embargo on controversial thesis
Oxford emails reveal efforts to block publication of DPhil thesis that was deposited almost six years after her viva
Oxford emails reveal efforts to block publication of DPhil thesis that was deposited almost six years after her viva
With history books increasingly including first-person, ‘confessional’ elements, authors explain why they take this approach, while other historians reflect on the dangers
Marion Gibson of the department of English and Garry Tregidga of the department of Cornish studies have obtained a £252,000 grant from the AHRC for their “Mysticism, Myth and 'Celtic' Nationalism”...
Matthew Reisz on two students of fashion design who have created winning portfolios inspired by the British Library’s archives
Enthusiasm for ‘neuroeducation’ risks blinding people to its potentially limited efficacy, argues Steven Rose
It won’t be long before we’re all looking to immersive technology to further students’ learning, says Mary Matheson
Scholar of Native American history shortlisted for two major non-fiction prizes discusses why the US needs a ‘reckoning’ with indigenous dispossession
Greater diversity is needed within higher education’s libraries, says Regina Everitt, one of very few BAME directors of a university library in the UK
The Pulitzer winner on the resilience of slavery and how universities’ fearless truth-seeking is their best tool to tackle their own troubled pasts
English regulator consults on proposals to force institutions to ‘teach out’ existing students before closing
The UK’s existing oversight by external visitors and professional bodies is the best way to safeguard standards, says Colin McCaig
Report into history of eugenics at UCL sets out series of measures to deal with contentious past, but some inquiry members claim it does not go far enough
The artist and oral art historian discusses what objects can tell us about the past, the importance of fieldwork and the calming influence of a good clean
‘This is a regime that believes you should govern by clubbing people,’ says Frank Dikötter
Recent controversy over the future directions of both Stanford and Melbourne university presses have raised questions about the role of in-house publishing arms in a world of commercialisation,...