The week in higher education – 14 September 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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V-c pay: Are vice-chancellors worth their salaries?
Last week, the UK’s universities minister threatened to fine institutions that pay their v-cs more than the prime minister without a strong justification. We present three perspectives on the debate
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Gendering Modernism: A Historical Reappraisal of the Canon, by Maria Bucur
Tracey Warr on a broad survey that outlines women’s exclusion from an artistic movement
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We’re in this fight
The article “The middle-class academic elite are totally out of touch” (Opinion, 7 September) confuses cause and effect, appearing to blame “academia” for all society’s ills. Have academics in the...
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Career advice: how to prepare students for university teaching
Pragya Agarwal explains how lecturers can support first-year students as they make the transition to the self-directed learning required at university
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‘Nuclear option’ will have a big fallout in Australian universities
The ending of Murdoch University’s agreement with its staff over employment conditions could herald a rougher ride for university staff, says Gavin Moodie
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The moral panic over student cheating must end
We need to call off the witch-hunt and trust in the capacity of our students to learn, says Bruce Macfarlane
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New and noteworthy – 14 September 2017
On crepuscular delights, kicking against the pricks, common corporate lingos, and wealth and moral worthiness
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What are you reading? – 14 September 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought, by Dennis C. Rasmussen
Book of the week: How far did two thinkers sway each other during a 26-year fellowship? Biancamaria Fontana writes