The Match Girl and the Heiress, by Seth Koven
A cross-class relationship burns bright in a study of an experiment in ethical living, says Nadia Valman
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A cliff is no place to start
Building an academic career is hard, but high initial hurdles and a lack of clear progression paths make it unnecessarily daunting
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Are you a victim of hierarchical microaggression?
Majority of workplace slights informed by your place in the academic pecking order, study finds
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Small victory for Cambridge women in long war over gender pay gap
Women on academic contracts earn £8,400 less than men, according to Equal Pay Review 2014, but the gap has closed by £110 since 2012
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The big grants, the big papers: are we missing something?
A perverse focus on research cash and high-impact publications threatens academics’ careers and the aims of science itself, says Dorothy Bishop
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How to give the next generation of scholars a career boost
Holly Else examines European efforts to make academic career paths less challenging to navigate
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Universities ‘ignoring’ sexual harassment issue, says NUS
The National Union of Students has accused universities of being ‘prepared to ignore’ incidents of sexual assault and harassment on campus
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Will Self: freedom of speech a ‘fetish’ in wake of Paris attacks
Freedom of speech has become a “sexual fetish†in the West in light of the Charlie Hebdo terror atrocity, according to academic and writer Will Self
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University ‘equal pay’ days marked by protests
Student groups are holding a series of protests this month against pay inequality in universities
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Racism accusations spark academic freedom debate in Canada
By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed
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British Library unveils eight-year plan
The British Library has announced an ambitious “vision for its future development†over the next eight years
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Universities ‘should be excluded’ from counter-terror powers, say MPs
Government plans to tackle “extremism†will have a “seriously inhibiting effect on bona fide academic debate in universitiesâ€, MPs and peers warn
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Jobs for graduates predicted to hit record high
Graduate recruitment is set to reach its highest level in more than a decade, according to new research
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Students from poorer backgrounds win places in US
Sutton Trust scheme sends UK applicants to Harvard, Yale and others
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Warwick v-c Nigel Thrift targeted by petition over knighthood
A petition has been set up calling for Nigel Thrift, the University of Warwick vice-chancellor, to be stripped of his knighthood.