Cartographic Humanism: The Making of Early Modern Europe, by Katharina N. Piechocki
Joad Raymond applauds a stimulating account of how mapping shaped our understanding of Europe and the world beyond
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Giannozzo Manetti: The Life of a Florentine Humanist, by David Marsh
Erin Maglaque enjoys a comprehensive new study of a central figure in Italian humanism
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WUR 3.0: how we could measure cross-disciplinary research
In the first of a series of blogs, Duncan Ross outlines how the next iteration of the World University Rankings methodology may judge research
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Degrees of influence
Mid-career learners, and some of the world’s biggest employers, are looking beyond the ‘graduate club’ for laser-targeted courses and skills
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Books interview: Karen Harvey
The cultural historian, whose latest book The Imposteress Rabbit Breeder explores the case of an 18th-century woman said to have given birth to rabbits, discusses libraries, women’s bodies and how...
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Number of researchers in REF ‘up 43 per cent’ under new rules
Big increase would represent less than three-quarters of eligible headcount suggested by official data
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Interview with Jikyeong Kang
The president and dean of the Asian Institute of Management tells Joyce Lau that being an introverted leader and a minority has taught her empathy
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Martin Mortimer, 1948-2019
Tributes paid to ‘insightful’ agricultural ecologist who applied his theoretical understanding to food production around the world
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Trouble replicating cancer studies a ‘wake-up call’ for science
Inability to begin reruns of experiments highlights the problem of weak methodologies of journal papers, say Center for Open Science director
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V-c calls for admissions quotas to create mixed-ability campuses
Open University head says that students should be randomly allocated if a university is oversubscribed
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UK universities ‘increasingly reliant’ on Chinese fee income
Chinese students worth at least £1.7 billion to sector, representing more than 10 per cent of revenue at several institutionsÂ
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The week in higher education – 23 January 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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23 January 2020 digital edition
A quick workaround: will the employability agenda bypass universities?
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Flinders University sponsored supplement digital edition
Produced by and paid for by Flinders University
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Will US universities be made redundant by the employability agenda?
With student debt escalating and concerns persisting that college graduates are not job-ready, increasing numbers of companies are taking the training of their workers in-house. But where does that...