Benedict Anderson, 1936-2015
‘A tremendously important and empathetic scholar’ who transformed our understanding of nationalism has died
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Interview with Dominique Steiler
We talk to the Princeton research scholar about being a fighter pilot, mindfulness and the existence of little green men
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How to make an impact with your research in the workplace
Awareness of why some people make extensive use of management research at work can help researchers plan their dissemination strategies
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Students at odds with government over measuring teaching quality
Poll of undergraduates ranks ministers’ proposed TEF metric lowest among potential indicators
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Postgraduates’ struggles with workload raise ‘concern’ for HEA
Major survey looks at experiences of 72,000 UK postgraduates
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Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report, by Saba Mahmood
Egypt is route to exploring how modern politics privileges beliefs of majorities, finds Bård Kårtveit
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Alexander Yakovlev: The Man Whose Ideas Saved Russia from Communism, by Richard Pipes
Vladimir Tismaneanu on a study of one man’s journey from ‘Homo Sovieticus’ to ‘Homo Antisovieticus’
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Regional alliances help leading universities ‘pull up drawbridge’ on funding, study claims
First analysis of its kind says modern institutions have suffered from creation of research consortia
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Books interview: Katy Shaw
The author of Crunch Lit on Enid Blyton, the miners' strike, 'Marmite' books and her Pisa Pile of books waiting to be read
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What are you reading? – 7 January 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Real Planet of the Apes: A New Story of Human Origins, by David R. Begun
Simon Underdown relishes an engaging study of evolution that delights in breaking the fourth wall
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The week in higher education – 7 January 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Paris at War: 1939-1944, by David Drake
Victoria Harris on a study of the occupied city that makes powerful use of diary entries
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Why Minsky Matters: An Introduction to the Work of a Maverick Economist
Book of the week: Economic instability is inevitable – what matters is our efforts to limit it, says Victoria Bateman of L. Randall Wray's latest book
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The corrosion of conformity on campus
Joanna Williams discusses student censors, the elevation of subjective experience over ‘facts’ and the need to challenge ideas