Licentious Worlds: Sex and Exploitation in Global Empires, by Julie Peakman
Book of the week: there’s something for everyone in this provocative study of sex, power and conflict, says Joanna Lewis
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Breaking the silence about the menopause
Like the rest of society, universities have largely failed to consider the specific needs of menopausal women. Here, one scholar describes how this can lead to marginalisation and bullying – and why...
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The only way is up: are towers the future for city campuses?
IE University in Madrid wanted to grow so, in a crowded city, it decided to build upwards
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Sallie McFague, 1933-2019
Tributes paid to a pioneering scholar who helped ‘push the boundaries of how we think and feel theologically to address the needs of the world’
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Germany mulls extra research funding for committee-burdened women
Gender quotas have improved female representation on internal panels, but researchers have highlighted that the loss of research time slows career progression
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Social sciences miss out on climate change research funding
Just 5 per cent of funding over past two decades went on studies examining how to change human behaviour to help tackle crisis, researchers find
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Knowledge exchange framework starts this year before funding link
Participation in assessment likely to be a condition of receiving Research England funding from 2020-21
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Anthony McClaran swaps Australia for St Mary’s v-c job
Catholic institution hires TEQSA chief executive who led QAA and Ucas
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Is standing up for expertise a fool’s errand?
In an era of anti-expert populism, it is more important than ever to stand up for scientific truth. But it is also harder, coming with a high risk of personal attack. Anna McKie speaks to those who...
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Careers intelligence: surviving academic social media’s dark side
As social media becomes an increasing presence in scholarly life, Mark Carrigan looks at how to mitigate its negatives
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Box-ticking is the inevitable result of top-down impositions
Overseeing an Athena SWAN application convinced an anonymous academic that if tasks cannot be properly resourced, they should not be attempted at all
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The week in higher education – 16 January 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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PM says UK ‘will continue to participate’ in Erasmus+
‘No threat’ to UK involvement in European Union’s student mobility programme, Boris Johnson tells MPs
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My experience with the É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Office doesn’t bode well for foreign academics
Poor treatment of migrant academics, especially after Brexit, will severely hurt UK universities, writes Asiya IslamÂ
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Competition drives researchers to counselling – and exit door
Poll of 4,000 researchers reveals half have sought or wanted help for mental health problems, and four in 10 are victims of bullying or harassment