The Regency Revolution: Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the Making of the Modern World, by Robert Morrison
Book of the week: Clare Brant enjoys a lively account of a turning point in British history
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Turn away from tenure’s dark side
A significant minority of tenured faculty spend their lives undermining others when they could be working for progressive change, argues Douglas Dowland
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Compulsory Dutch looms for foreign students in the Netherlands
Universities, already facing upheaval on several other fronts, fear imminent plans could make it far harder to recruit students
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Interview with Marlene Tromp
The new president of Boise State University discusses what the Victorians can teach us and how her dream of ‘staying in college for ever’ has come true
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Gilbert Cuthbertson, 1937-2019
Tributes paid to long-serving political science professor
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UK ‘could avoid’ post-Brexit recruitment ‘doomsday scenario’
Fees are seen by some as a proxy for quality, so an increase might not be all that bad, says Hepi report
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Regulator warned GSM of loss of loan access before it went bust
Office for Students’ judgement that for-profit college was ‘not financially viable’ raises questions of why Department for Education extended funding access last year
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The week in higher education – 8 August 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Augar plans could be ‘devastating’ for research, peers warn
Lords committee says Augar panel ‘missed mark’ in not considering how reducing tuition fees could force universities to divert research income to teaching
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University of Queensland to offer Western civilisation courses
Agreement with controversial Ramsay Centre follows divisive internal debate
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Careers intelligence: how to write a reference
Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on dealing with the deluge of student reference requests – and on how to get a decent one yourself
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Kowtowing to politicians is shameful and wrong
If universities don’t assert their expertise, demands from ministers and industry will become ever more misguided, says Dawn Freshwater
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Dartmouth to pay $14 million in sexual assault case
Three professors accused by nine women of using academic powers to press for sex
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Australian funding plan means subpar universities ‘ceding autonomy’
‘Distinctive Australian’ scheme will ‘buffer out unintended consequences’, architect says