Shakespeare’s First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book, by Emma Smith
We are spellbound by an opus whose copies once gathered crumbs and scribbles, says Lisa Hopkins

We are spellbound by an opus whose copies once gathered crumbs and scribbles, says Lisa Hopkins

Lisa Mckenzie on a study of the personal stories of female workers in different industries and the challenges they faced

Just deserts, theatres of war, hearting Hayek and the best lust-free years of your life: must-read academic books

The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!

Being open about failure is one thing, but we must also look at how we define success, says Shahidha Bari
We do not accept the claim in the article “UCL expenses rules mean staff seen as ‘inherently untrustworthy’” (News, 12 May) that the expenses policy at University College London indicates that staff...
I feel qualified to comment on Matthew Wyard’s opinion article “A matter of consent: sexual assaults on campus” (12 May) and the current controversy about the Zellick Report on universities’ handling...
The Higher Education Statistics Agency charges for access to data to cover its costs and to keep down the subscription fees paid by higher education providers (“FoI costs? University ‘spies’ only add...
Most of the comments in the feature “Are older academics past their productive peak?” (12 May) relate to those who have followed a “conventional” route into academia – what about those who have come...

Fred Inglis on the fate of the academy in an era of calm-voiced propaganda and disgusting new shapes of intellectual life

Tim Blackman’s vision of higher education for the 21st century is one in which students of varying abilities learn successfully together

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash