Oxford tribunal rules against compulsory retirement rule
Reinstatement of professor over age discrimination must force rethink over ‘unfair’ retirement rules, say campaigners
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The week in higher education – 6 July 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Architecture, Death and Nationhood: Monumental Cemeteries of Nineteenth-Century Italy, by Hannah Malone
James Stevens Curl heaps praise on a fascinating study and pays tribute to the scholarly tenacity that it is built on
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Francophone higher education in Canada is not just about Quebec
The western provinces’ French-speaking universities reinforce a Canadian identity that is bilingual and multicultural, say Gabor Csepregi and Rodney Clifton
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Fifty shades of conference feedback
From steely-eyed sadists to licky Labradors, ingénue academics should beware of the cast of kinky characters who flock to academic get-togethers, says Tara Brabazon
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New and noteworthy – 6 July 2017
Cultivating climate-friendly habits, a masculine discourse on devilry, how to power up and power through scholarly writing, and Black Power’s push into the centre
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The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding, by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber
Book of the week: Tom Stafford on an account of how social activity, not brilliant individual deduction, leads to truth
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New horizons: economics in the 21st century
Economists’ stock plummeted with the financial crash. The authors of a new book suggest that reading novels could sharpen their insights, while four academics consider how the field might need to...
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Laurie Taylor – 6 July 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Mutual respect and teamwork are vital
As an academic and a potential “have-a-go marketer”, I was intrigued and challenged by the article “Have-a-go marketers need to show respect for professional staff” (Opinion, 29 June) about the need...
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Priced out
Those researching the catastrophic decline in the sale of academic books in arts and humanities publishing (“Worst sellers: warning of existential crisis for academic books”, News, 22 June) should...
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A damaging move
The rector of the University of Milan has proposed to move to Rho, an area outside Milan that hosted Expo 2015, several scientific departments that are now established in “Città Studi”. In this, he...
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When is the right time for academics to retire?
To remain carefully balanced ecosystems where experience and youth combine, should universities impose a sell-by date on academics?
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Grant winners – 6 July 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding