Can India and China dominate HE in the 21st century?
John Morgan reports on the differences between the countries in terms of the provision of education, governance and the quality of research
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Black Death literature inspires academic to write debut novel
New fiction explores the parallels between the 14th century and the environmental disaster that may lie ahead
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Interview with Richard Henderson
The winner of the Copley Medal talks structural biology, fixing cars and sleeping soundly
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James Campbell, 1935-2016
A penetrating and highly original historian of Anglo-Saxon England has died
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Do academics need a ‘split personality’ to teach older PhDs?
Doctoral supervisors are having to adapt to a new power dynamic with their students, conference will hear
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US universities ‘obliged’ to speak out against gun laws
President of George Washington University also questions the benefit of free university tuition
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Expansion in global higher education ‘has increased inequality’
Study suggests mass higher education increases the dominance of the middle class over opportunities
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Hunger Pains: Life inside Foodbank Britain, by Kayleigh Garthwaite
Book of the week: Why are those pushed into food poverty then stigmatised and shamed, asks Lisa Mckenzie
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The Channel: England, France and the Construction of a Maritime Border in the Eighteenth Century, by Renaud Morieux
Willy Maley on the many ways of interpreting that thin strip of water between England and France
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Children’s Fantasy Literature: An Introduction, by Michael Levy and Farah Mendlesohn
Shelley King on a comprehensive tour of magical worlds
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Keeping engineers honest: Canada's 'iron ring' tradition
Ritual dating back to 1922 seeks to remind graduates of their ethical obligations – while one business school has also adopted the idea
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What are you reading? – 16 June 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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St Mary’s sued over collapsed hypnosis course
A High Court action will determine whether former students on a much-criticised hypnosis degree course receive compensation
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Dozens of QAA jobs ‘at risk’
Consultation on ‘smaller’ watchdog comes after Hefce took quality assessment work in-house
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EU referendum: nine out of 10 university staff back Remain
THE survey finds 40 per cent of respondents say they are more likely to depart UK if Leave wins