Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy, by Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E. Stucke
Book of the Week: lack of effective antitrust oversight leaves us at the mercy of digital platforms, says Julia Powles
Book of the Week: lack of effective antitrust oversight leaves us at the mercy of digital platforms, says Julia Powles
Bruce Macfarlane on the hypocrisy of academics who help to monitor students in ways they themselves never were
New system that has ability to monitor emails and use of computer networks on campus raises eyebrows
Paul Bernal on the role of corporate lobbyists in manipulating politics and law to align internet policy with business interests
Friendships can blossom naturally between scholars and students, but are they always problematic? Nina Kelly navigates the boundaries
The discipline has promised big advances in many areas, but is it failing to live up to the hype? Three neuroscientists consider the state of their field
Matthew Reisz on the amusing items academics pin to their doors
Re “Legal scholar’s ‘political’ tweets ruffle a few feathers” (News, 21 August). Social media sites tend to have long and complex terms of use and privacy policies that basically state that the sites...
A long break sounds luxurious but what is the reality? Scholars share what they did with their ‘free’ time
What are the key issues local union branches are dealing with, and how do they manage relationships with institutions in what many activists argue is an increasingly confrontational environment?
Civil servant appeals for further savings to avoid another round of government cuts
Universities have the resources to keep us safe, says Sara Perry. They just need the will
Students need a tough consumer advocateMartin McQuillan argues that the market for undergraduate higher education is broken and that Which? should step away from the role we have played as an...
Richard Larschan explains how events at his university arising from the bombings led to his long-resisted retirement
The year’s best reads for work and pleasure, chosen by scholars and senior figures in the sector