Big universities pay more as Germany strikes Springer Nature deal
‘Publish and read’ pact leaves Elsevier as last of three big publishers yet to reach agreement with country’s negotiators
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Knowledge exchange framework review before funding link
Assessment of English universities’ commercialisation activities and industry partnerships to guide allocations ‘in the longer term’
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China’s education exports match its global ambitions
Relaxing international student regulations and increasing scholarships for Belt and Road countries are in lockstep with China's economic goals, says Abdur Rehman Cheema
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Action on visa processing will help combat doubts on studying in the US
Universities must advocate for expedited student visas and provide incoming cohorts with more support, says Alan RubyÂ
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Poor students less likely to pick ‘golden triangle’ for master’s
Working-class graduates half as likely to move to Oxford, Cambridge or elite London institutions
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Strike warning as increase in USS pension contributions backed
Joint negotiating committee says scheme members should contribute 9.6Â per cent of their salaries, up from 8.8Â per cent currently
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The Fear of Child Sexuality: Young People, Sex, and Agency, by Steven Angelides
Joanna Bourke is impressed by a bold attempt to shed light on one of the last taboos
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A History of Ambiguity, by Anthony Ossa-Richardson
Robert Eaglestone is thrilled by an intellectual tour de force
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The Intellectual Origins of Modernity, by David Ohana
Book of the week: Jane O’Grady assesses a bold analysis of how ‘modernity’ failed to live up to the ideals of the Enlightenment
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The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism, by Ruth Kinna
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo considers a globe-spanning study of the political philosophy that explores it at the intellectual and the street level
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Mother: An Unconventional History, by Sarah Knott
Rachel Moss praises a pioneering analysis that vividly captures the ‘fragmentary’ quality of both the experience of mothering a child and the historical record about it
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Books editor’s blog: why make hard copies so hard to come by?
Matthew Reisz deplores the refusal of some publishers to supply review copies of their books
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Paul Clough, 1948-2019
Tributes paid to ‘socially committed’ expert on Africa and the Mediterranean