The week in higher education – 12 April 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with Rabia Bhuiyan
The women’s rights lawyer on growing up in Bangladesh, meeting Mother Teresa and uniting against patriarchy
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Ivan Davis, 1932-2018
Leading pianist who spent more than four decades at the University of Miami remembered
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Confucius Institute crackdown predicted as global inquiries mount
Universities may close centres or be forced to register employees as foreign agents as a result of investigations, say experts
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Chief executive of defunct English regulator paid £178K on early exit
Hefce's Madeleine Atkins received payment in lieu of salary for remainder of contract, but declined 'redundancy payment'
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Career advice: how to manage a public relations crisis
The dawn of the digital age means universities must rethink how they respond to negative headlines, according to a new book
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Appointments – 12 April 2018
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China’s overseas investment should not neglect education
History shows that the Belt and Road initiative will be successful only if it boosts human capital, as well as physical infrastructure, says Alan Ruby
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Disciplines must relax if the big challenges are to be met
Faculties without borders are the key to turning multidisciplinarity into more than a buzzword, says Duncan Ivison
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University music courses are hitting some bum notes
The curricular dominance of popular music may sell tickets but belies the point of a musical education, says Sam Richards
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Big Data needs bigger oversight
The Cambridge Analytica controversy flags up the ethical perils of research with Big Data – especially when it has commercial potential, says John Holmwood
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The Transformation of Athens: Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece, by Robin Osborne
There’s more to the vases of ancient Athens than initially meets the eye, finds Barbara Graziosi
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Paris in the Cinema: Beyond the Flâneur, edited by Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau
Davina Quinlivan ponders the importance of the French capital and its representation on screen to the development of film studies