āHypeā warning after universities take cryptocurrency cash
Controversial companies are pouring millions into academic research ā including on how the industry should be regulated
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Study: millions of students guilty of contract cheating worldwide
Landmark paper charts rapid increase in use of essay mills
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The week in higher education ā 30 August 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the worldās media
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Expatriate v-c flees Papua New Guinea fearing for his life
Ex-Aberystwyth professor John Warren forced to escape in dead of night
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The pros and cons of REFās diversity guidance
Dianne Berry and Kim Hackett unpack new guidance for research excellence framework submissions that attempts to ensure staff who have individual circumstances can still contribute to output
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Could limiting foreign influence also limit overseas income?
Australian universities are nervous about how governments, students and their own academics will react to new legal curbs on āforeign influenceā, says Dean Forbes
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Films should be an academic focus
Written articles may usually be the most appropriate scholarly medium, but why are the alternatives so undervalued, asks Paul Craddock
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UK researchersā free money will come at a price after Brexit
With the cost of UK participation in EU research no longer hidden post-Brexit, a robust case for Horizon Europe membership must be made, says Graeme Reid
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Involving early career researchers in conference organisation is good for everyone
Junior scholars need all the experiences they can get, but their digital know-how can also boost the impact of academic events, says Alice Kelly
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Is there alien life, or is it just us in the universe?
There are reasons to be optimistic that we can start to know something about whether life exists elsewhere. But, says Charles Cockell, a more remarkable finding might be that we are exceptional
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ShakesFear and How to Cure It: The Complete Handbook for Teaching Shakespeare, by Ralph Alan Cohen
Peter J. Smith wishes the UK would adopt a US approach to making the Bard more accessible
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What are you reading? āĀ 30 August 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Risky Shores: Savagery and Colonialism in the Western Pacific, by George K. Behlmer
Melanesian cannibals and āuncivilisedā natives were feared and fascinating, says Lincoln Allison
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Letters ā 30 August 2018
Men and the black holes in their memories Re the article āThe āgender gap inĀ citationsā: how female authors lose outā (News, 16 August). The āgender citation gapā might be better described as āmenās...
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The Emotions of Protest, by James M. Jasper
Book of the Week: Emma Rees on the key role of feelings in spurring individuals to political action