Single-university cities: the strength of the only child?
There are plenty of pluses in being the only campus in town, new Australian v-c insists
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After the Australian election, it’s time to talk
Past differences between the government and universities need to be put to one side for the country’s benefit, say Robert Griew and Ant Bagshaw
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US lawmakers seek balance in treatment of foreign scientists
After crackdowns on campus, members of Congress move to coordinate policy for universities
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Sorry Jeremy, but ‘corporations on campus’ can help inspire students
Engagement with business can be vital for giving disadvantaged students a bright future, says Kirsty Palmer
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Open access: Plan S launch delayed until 2021
Consultation responses had called for start of mandate to be pushed back from January 2020
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Offensive student evaluations ‘leave academics in fear’
Universities need to give staff more support about how to deal with negative comments, say researchers
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French PhD students’ pay for teaching falls below minimum wage
Vacataire status means not only low pay, but six-month waits between wages, says the Confederation of Young Researchers
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Augar review: lower fees could come at a high cost
The risk is high that a future government will not replace lost fee funding with the investment universities need, says Bill Rammell
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Australian research ‘excellence’ may be mirage, says study
Leap in proportion of ‘above world standard’ research may reflect decline in average citation rates around the globe
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US university enrolment drops for eighth year
Declines heaviest among small colleges, men, and states of Florida and Illinois
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What are you reading? – 30 May 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Break All the Borders, by Ariel Ahram
David Newman is unconvinced by claims that the Middle East is being reconfigured
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States of Terror: History, Theory, Literature, by David Simpson
Joanna Bourke has reservations about an attempt to track the changing meanings of terror
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets, by Graham Farmelo
Tony Mann assesses an argument about the role of mathematical beauty as a key to understanding how the universe works
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The Romantic Tavern: Literature and Conviviality in the Age of Revolution, by Ian Newman
Peter J. Smith raises a glass to ‘conviviality’ in life and literature