Theodore Anderson, 1918-2016
A leading mathematical statistician whose work anticipated the age of ‘big data’ has died
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Interview with Jenny Higham
We talk doctor supply, the importance of medical research and impostor syndrome with the new Medical Schools Council chair
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UK grant success rates prompt worldwide comparisons
Drop in percentage of successful applications to research councils comes amid global debate over ‘wasted’ time applying for funding
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Billions lost in bids to secure EU research funding
Study highlights the true cost of low success rates in Horizon 2020
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Growing Each Other Up: When Our Children Become Our Teachers, by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Book of the week: E. Stina Lyon appreciates the social portraiture approach used to understand complex family roles
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University of Oxford tops grant funding list
UK universities see drop in research council income overall
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What are you reading? – 6 October 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning and the Universe Itself, by Sean Carroll
Cait MacPhee delves in to the stories we use to explain the simple and complex world around us
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Portrait of a Woman in Silk: Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World, by Zara Anishanslin
Helen Berry on the socio-economic and political drivers behind consumer culture in colonial America
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America, by Nancy Isenberg
Catherine Clinton on the legacy of a marginalised group in a supposedly class-free society
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A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy, by Joel Mokyr
Victoria Bateman on why the Enlightenment took root in Europe and how it helped to spur economic expansion
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The week in higher education – 6 October 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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New and noteworthy – 6 October 2016
Must-read monographs serve up chicken, the history of drama, gender equality in class and the mixed fortunes of Mad Men and Hollywood moguls
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It’s not enough to write what you know
As the US’ ‘dumpster fire’ of a presidential election looms, it is more important than ever that students engage with other perspectives and acknowledge that their views aren’t universal, says...
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Branching out in Mauritius
Matthew Reisz reports on the successes and failures of universities that have set up satellite campuses in Mauritius