Jon Turney on the possibilities, real and imagined, of engineering the building blocks of life
Eric Michael Johnson is gripped by an evaluation of what it is to be human and our place in nature
Perceptive questions abound in this Western-oriented discussion, says Ursula King
Julia Droeber praises an interrogation of the image of the Muslim man
Proposal for scorecard system for US institutions ‘doomed to failure’
Researcher warns of ‘developing credibility crisis’ in reflection on retracted paper
Black academics claim they are viewed as ‘outsiders’ and hindered in career advancement
Hitting RAB charge ‘threshold’ will make £9,000 system more costly than old
In her response to my challenge to the scientific validity of a dyslexia diagnosis (“Time to rethink dyslexia?”, Opinion, 6 March), Kate Saunders reframes the issue in terms of the needs of disabled...
REF and ‘impact agenda’ makes sector look at collaborations with extra interest, scholars say
Post-92s’ student marketing spend rises as sector observers question its value
Munira Mirza lauds universities’ role in improving all levels of education in the capital but decries ‘coercive consensus’
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Colourful travellers’ accounts move the start date for a rite of passage, discovers Claire Jowitt
Eva Shan Chou on a study of British knowledge - as opposed to fanciful assumptions - of China in the Romantic period