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Abstract accuracy
Alex Danchev applauds a study of one of the 20th century’s greatest thinker-painters
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Obituary - Nabil Gindy
An expert in manufacturing technologies who went on to spearhead the research programme at the University of Nottingham’s Chinese campus has died.Nabil Gindy was born in Cairo, Egypt on 3 November...
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Awards and promotions
Queen’s University, CanadaSusan MummThe new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario said she was “excited by the prospect of working at one of Canada’s...
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THE Scholarly Web - Fat is a social media issue
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
Display hoardA student dressed from head to toe in medical equipment is one of the highlights of the University of Brighton’s Graduate Show. Karol Michalec’s artwork (top, left) – which he says...
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Madness and celluloid civilisation
In Silver Linings Playbook and Homeland, mental illness is not sentimentalised or stigmatised. Hollywood could do with more such rounded representations, Davina Quinlivan argues
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Consumer protection
Students are growing keener to stand up for their consumer rights when encountering perceived wrongs. Is the sector doing all it can to ensure that its conduct in resolving disputes is consistent,...
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Felipe Fernández-Armesto - Heady mixture
Felipe Fernández-Armesto welcomes efforts to cross academic divides
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Father’s daze: John Kaag discusses a few Doktorvater issues
As John Kaag has discovered, parenting a toddler involves a rather different set of challenges from the ones posed by the academy
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Howard Davies and Maria Zhivitskaya call for an entente cordiale over the spread of English in French universities
Howard Davies and Maria Zhivitskaya say French critics of a new law allowing foreign-language instruction are simply fighting lost battles
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‘Bad academic’ Jon Berry gives Michael Gove a piece of his mind
Teacher-turned-scholar Jon Berry sends a message to the education minister on the theory behind best practice
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Grant winners
Economic and Social Research CouncilTransformative Research Call: ‘Transforming’ Social ScienceMaximum limit of £250,000: the funding will run for 18 months.Award winner: George Davey...
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Analysis - Rights, responsibilities and on-campus extremism
Woolwich murder reignites debate over university extremism. Hanna Ibraheem reports
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China crisis over cheating
Foreign study achieved by fair means or foul poses challenge for West’s universities, writes Jon Marcus