Revengers’ tragedy
Judith Rowbotham weighs up thought-provoking arguments for a retributive system of justice
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GI foe
Brutality is at the root of military life, even among America’s Greatest Generation, finds Fiona Reid
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Historical perspective
Today’s students are impoverished by a scant knowledge of culture and context, but the story of art should be a sine qua non of any well-rounded curriculum, argues Brian Sewell
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German retreat from fees territory
German states are scrapping tuition fees after less than 10 years. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports
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South Australia’s mass effects
South Australia strategy to be decided via mass brainstorming session. Paul Jump writes
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Sally Feldman - Student satire is dead
Where have all the student satirists gone? wonders Sally Feldman
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Adrian Furnham on peer review’s swings and roundabouts
Adrian Furnham has had his share of peer review nightmares, but the frailties of the system have also worked in his favour
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István Aranyosi calls for university hiring policies that are purely business, not personal
Decisions based on gossip, caprice and favouritism make the scholarly job market unmeritocratic, István Aranyosi argues
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Image rights and wrongs: museums’ tardy application of copyright is a headache for scholars, argues Jane Masséglia
Obtaining image permissions for museum holdings can be costly, slow and frustrating, says Jane Masséglia
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Obituary - Geza Vermes
A leading expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish background to the New Testament has died.Geza Vermes was born in MakĂł, Hungary, on 22 June 1924, into a Jewish family that had converted to...
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Awards and promotions
Deakin UniversityGary SmithThe new deputy vice-chancellor for global engagement at Deakin University in Australia said his immediate thoughts were that he “loved the brand” of the “worldly”...
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THE Scholarly Web - Don’t call the traffic cops, it’s not the Mel Gibson
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Interview - Healthy relationships in the mind
Focus on people, not technology or manuals, to treat mental illness, Tom Burns tells Matthew Reisz
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The horror, the forgotten horror
An exhibition places Richard Marsh, author of The Beetle, in context. Matthew Reisz writes
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Social media use may flag up likely dropouts
Do you ever trawl through social media to see what your students are saying about your course? While this can satisfy your curiosity, it could also be an effective way to identify students who are...