The Media Education Manifesto, by David Buckingham
Book of the week: Suzanne Franks assesses the state – and future directions – of media studies

Book of the week: Suzanne Franks assesses the state – and future directions – of media studies

Davina Quinlivan welcomes a bold new overview of where lesbian cinema is going today

Michael Wheeler enjoys an account of how philosophy can illuminate many aspects of ‘the beautiful game’

The author of Haunted Bauhaus on youthful mysteries, rediscovering lost women in the archives and queering history

Harriet Dunbar-Morris applauds a new guide to how academics can serve as coaches and ‘signposters’

Randy Robertson urges universities to look again at the downsides of highly specialist degrees

Obama’s election supposedly heralded a ‘post-racial’ era, yet inequalities persist for the black community. Today, HBCUs have lessons for us all

The cultural studies scholar reflects on Tiananmen Square, the experience of Chinese students in Australia, and why online education can never replace a sage on the stage

Global tributes paid to a leading expert in industrial relations

Julia Buckingham also aims to protect funding, as response to Augar review is debated

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Preliminary results of EUA survey suggest three-quarters of responding institutions draw on much-criticised metric

Researcher held in UAE for five months suggests commercial relationships may trump concern for researchers’ well-being