The four ages of UK university governance
Universities in the UK have developed a range of different approaches to governance, and there’s no sign that the trend will stop, says Michael Shattock
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Career advice: ‘presenteeism’ is hurting higher education
With academics reluctant to take sick leave, universities must become more aware of the dangers of ‘presenteeism’, says Gail Kinman
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Student Experience Survey 2017: new favourites upset old order
Harper Adams tops our annual poll as Cambridge and other top 10 mainstays slide down
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John Felstiner, 1936-2017
Long-serving Stanford University scholar remembered
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Interview with Louis Taillefer
We talk misconceptions about quantum physics, the importance of global research collaboration and Nobel prize aspirations with the award-winning Canadian physicist
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UK universities’ confusion on Brexit ‘toxic’, says Germany’s U15
Lack of clear strategy to keep UK in EU’s research framework is blocking new collaborative projects
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World Academic Summit 2017: full programme announced
Nobel laureates and university presidents will speak at flagship THE event at King’s College London
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A lack of ideological diversity is killing social research
Without more conservative perspectives in the academy, lawmakers will increasingly ignore and potentially defund social science, says Musa al-Gharbi
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The week in higher education – 23 March 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life, by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Steven Rose enjoys a philosopher’s deep dive with some uniquely intelligent company
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Speaking of Universities, by Stefan Collini
David Wheeler on how public higher education in the UK has strayed from its ideals, and how it might regain them
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What are you reading? – 23 March 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The hybrid exam that can turn misfiring students into human cannonballs
Setting pre-seen exams can bring out previously unsuspected abilities among students, say Nicholas Morton and Natasha Hodgson
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John Cleese’s headmaster is no role model for academics
While learning to work quickly is a useful life skill, a greater gift to students is permitting unhurried excursions and digressions, says Shahidha Bari
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US health reforms could put public universities on life support
Higher education funding from US state governments has always been volatile, but reforms to healthcare could put public universities’ income under even greater pressure, says Will Doyle