Global visa crackdowns may herald era of ‘contested’ mobility
Warnings that US and Australian policies threaten academic and student movement

Warnings that US and Australian policies threaten academic and student movement

Witnessing the work of military surgical teams in Afghanistan caused conflicting emotions in an academic author and a sense of the futility of war and of his own profession

We discuss realising what it means to be black in the UK, dealing with insomnia, and institutional racism in the academy, with the renowned race and black identity scholar

Academic who epitomised the term ‘university citizen’ remembered

Boycotts betray free enquiry, but Viktor Orbán’s moves against the Central European University at least make them worth debating, says Eric Heinze

Shane O’Mara on a profound and humorous exploration of human consciousness

Barbara Graziosi on a lively account of the opposition between an authoritarian state and a mercantile democracy

In an age of political civil war, the question of why the Right is so under-represented in academia is important

A right-wing philosopher in Texas tells John Gill how a minority of students can shut down debates and intimidate lecturers – and why he backs Trump

Many actors helped to usher agents of the food court in to US city centres, says Bart Elmore

William Kolbrener on an extraordinary collection that explores literature’s role in shaping ethical thought and helping to ‘transform the psyche’

Survey of would-be undergraduates finds teaching quality is the most important factor in decision-making

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

A round-up of academics awarded research council funding