The week in higher education – 19 September 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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UK may face ‘major delays’ in EU funding even if Brexit deal struck
Academic also claims European Commission officials told him UK coordinators would be kicked out in event of no-deal Brexit
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Book editor’s blog: speaking truth to power and to peers
A collection of assessments and reappraisals of Noam Chomsky’s celebrated essay ‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’ by the author and other scholars shows the activist academic to be as provocative...
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Video: Brexit and Trump have ‘had an impact’ on Canada’s attractiveness
Canada’s welcoming immigration policies and political turmoil elsewhere have enhanced an already diverse academic sector, says head of representative body
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The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It, by Mark B. Smith
Book of the week: Lara Douds applauds a brilliant dissection of Western prejudices about the Russians
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Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans, and Others Are Demanding Their Rightful Place in Public Life, by Jay Wexler
Robert A. Segal applauds a striking analysis of the real relations between church and state in the US
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The Wealth of Religions: The Political Economy of Believing and Belonging, by Rachel M. McCleary and Robert J. Barro
Torkel Brekke is unconvinced by a new version of an old argument about the economics of belief
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Cambridge neuroscientist claims world’s richest award for education research
Usha Goswami’s work has allowed educators ‘to arm themselves with scientific understanding’
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Uncovering forgotten lesbian history
Jill Liddington’s research into Anne Lister’s diaries inspired the television series Gentleman Jack. John Morgan speaks to her about making a difference locally and the lost tradition of extramural...
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Roy Johnston, 1961-2019
Tributes paid to leading chemist who helped illuminate nature and properties of nanoparticles and nanoalloys
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Minister wants ‘concrete solutions’ on access from grandes écoles
Frédérique Vidal discusses reform project launched in wake of president’s plan to abolish École Nationale d’Administration
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Europe’s top universities mull unconscious bias training for staff
Failure to improve diversity risks ‘marginalising the impact and credibility of universities in an increasingly diverse world’, Leru warns
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IFS: tighter rein in Augar and Labour plans could be ‘right direction’
English universities may have shifted towards low-cost subjects under £9K fee regime, ‘exacerbating’ inefficiency in the system, say economists
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Interview with Wendy Thomson
The University of London’s new vice-chancellor reflects on her Canadian working class roots, leadership lessons from local government and her time in 10 Downing Street