Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It), by Elizabeth Anderson
Book of the week: From staff in nappies to hassled waitresses, a study of work is full of justified rage, says Philip Roscoe

Book of the week: From staff in nappies to hassled waitresses, a study of work is full of justified rage, says Philip Roscoe

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

To defend the values of reason from political attack we need to be more discriminating about the claims made in its name, says John Hendry

Academics can acquire cult-like followings, but our goal should not be self-aggrandisement but the advancement of others, says Shahidha Bari

Lots of money is spent on medical education in England – but very little of it goes towards teaching, says Philip Chan

In our annual survey of vice-chancellors’ pay, which reveals double-digit hikes for some and more modest rises for others, Simon Baker examines how remuneration committees make their decisions amid...

A round-up of academics awarded research council funding

Asian universities overtake top Western brands in the Times Higher Education ranking of the world’s most prestigious universities

Experts within their field are best placed to assess a university’s expertise in a subject. Here we analyse how top universities are perceived by subject

Brand has substance: it is the distillation of an institution’s mission and relevance, says Phil Baty

Harvard faculty, students and alumni illuminate what the university does and shape its reputation like no other communications tool, says Paul Andrew

Susannah Baker and Anna Myers say that creating a distinctive university profile requires a clear idea of who you are and what strengths you offer