To Dare More Boldly: The Audacious Story of Political Risk, by John C. Hulsman
A. W. Purdue ponders a historical comparison of advisers to the worldās movers and shakers
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Shadows of Empire: The Anglosphere in British Politics, by Michael Kenny and Nick Pearce
Joanna Lewis considers a work that follows the lineage of a British foreign policy that focused on promoting economic and cultural ties with other English-speaking nations
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Books editorās blog: Want a kinder academy? Be more medieval
One scholar believes the 15th-century Christian mystic Margery Kempe could provide āinspiration for a radical reimaginingā of what it means to be an academic, one āunafraid to shed a few tearsā
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The week in higher education ā 19 April 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the worldās media
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Long live lifelong learning
The tabloid campaign to save the Open University has forced ministers to review a crisis precipitated by their partyās higher education policy, writes John Gill
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Laurie Taylor ā 19 April 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.Ā Finem respice!
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Horrocks was not behind all of OUās problems
It takes me a little effort to write in justification of Peter Horrocks, who has resigned as vice-chancellor of the Open University, having criticised him in the past. But there are two things to say...
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Careful, claimants
While the result of the University and College Union pensions ballot was awaited, the Office for Students published on its website āGuidance for students affected by recent industrial action in...
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Entitlement culture
The article āAn inflated sense of self overshadows Gen Zās work ethicā (Opinion, 29 March) cites the study āHer majesty the student: marketised higher education and the narcissistic (dis)...
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Publisherās fiat
The news article āJournal board resigns in protest at editorās dismissalā (2 March) highlighted the mass resignations atĀ Building Research & InformationĀ because of the publisherās arbitrary...
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A confusing domain
āResearchGate still infringing copyright, publishers sayā (News, 11 April) misuses the term āpublic domainā, making it sound as if whatever is freely accessible on the internet is āpublic domainā. ā...