Russell Group fears impact of post-Brexit visa salary threshold
Member universities would be unable to fill 60,000 jobs from abroad, and face increased costs too, says report
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Leadership intelligence: how to deal with incompetence
Difficult conversations about student complaints and colleagues’ underperformance will test the skills and judgement of senior academic staff, says Robert MacIntosh
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He said, she said – but he said it much more often
Male voices are over-represented in our pages. We know that we have more to do to better reflect all those in the sector, but we need women’s help
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Why it’s OK to feel that university isn’t the best time of your life
Just because you don’t have a huge group of friends and aren’t going out every night, it doesn’t mean that you are doing university wrong
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The week in higher education – 7 March 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Can I succeed as a working-class academic?
Life as an early career researcher is hard, but when you add being working class into the mix, the obstacles are almost insurmountable, writes an anonymous academic facing the death of her university...
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On the Spirit of Rights, by Dan Edelstein
Human rights are rooted in the ancient concept of a universal natural law, observes Jane O’Grady
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Wittgenstein’s Family Letters: Corresponding with Ludwig, edited by Brian McGuinness
Constantine Sandis praises a superbly translated volume of epistles that swings seamlessly between mundane trivialities and profound insights
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Books editor’s blog: unique collections inspire catwalk dreams
Matthew Reisz on two students of fashion design who have created winning portfolios inspired by the British Library’s archives
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Weeping for Dido: The Classics in the Medieval Classroom, by Marjorie Curry Woods
Rachel Moss on how classrooms of the Middle Ages schooled boys in emotional intelligence
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War beyond Words: Languages of Remembrance from the Great War to the Present, by Jay Winter
Leo Mellor on the artistic ways in which the conflicts of the past century are recalled and reimagined
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What are you reading? – 7 March 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Experiencing the Impossible: The Science of Magic, by Gustav Kuhn
Book of the week: We all like to make-believe, says Dale Salwak, who wishes the author had not revealed so many secrets
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How to equip graduates for the future
In a rapidly changing world, is a broader approach to the university curriculum needed to develop the critical thinking and creativity increasingly sought after by employers, Anna McKie asks