Dante: The Story of his Life, by Marco Santagata, translated by Richard Dixon
Book of the week: Reconstructing Dante’s life via the Divine Comedy is a complex but enlightening task, says Prue Shaw
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Young of Slumdog Millionaire given more than just a stage
An academic who takes students from the UK to Mumbai to lead a community theatre programme tells Chris Parr how the project affects all who take part
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Are older academics past their productive peak?
A recent paper claims that the quality of researchers declines with age. Five senior scientists consider the data and how they’ve contributed through the years
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Grant winners – 12 May 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor – 12 May 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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FoI costs? University ‘spies’ only add to them
An online experiment proves that part of the bill for complying with the Freedom of Information Act is self-inflicted, says Louis Goddard
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Universities need a REF that rewards potential
Lord Stern should devise a research excellence framework that looks beyond past performance, says Giosuè Baggio
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A matter of consent: sexual assaults on campus
Mechanisms for dealing robustly with assaults must be put in place without delay, argues Matthew Wyard
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Why should we care about someone’s sexuality or gender?
The piece on LGBT staff in academia was interesting, and it is certainly good that people of all sexualities and gender identities are welcomed into academia, but it is a bit concerning how obsessed...
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Alumni want to help
I have to disagree with Richard Budd’s belief that alumni donations are just weird (“Isn’t asking for alumni donations, well, just weird?”, 25 April). For 11 years I worked on the senior leadership...
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Two minds on India
Prakash Shah is a little unkind to South Asianists abroad who have to make a living in demanding conditions that implicitly and explicitly enjoin meek intellectual and political conformity (“The...
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Future imperfect
Having degenerated from scandal to farce, the situation at London Metropolitan University now threatens to decline further. The continuing waves of compulsory redundancies of full-time staff and the...
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As seen on screen: collaborative efforts
Four years of collaboration between scholars and creative partners were showcased at the Creativeworks London Festival at King’s College London on 29 April