Georgetown slavery reparations plan spotlights institutions’ failings
Student action shows US colleges far from accepting their slavery-related debts
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Fund or fail: the fear of a doctoral student
The new rules of academia – where researchers are valued by the funding dollars that they generate – inhibit minority background scholars and threaten universities’ accountability, says Kahlil C....
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PhD student’s book examines ‘why black hair matters’
Emma Dabiri’s research uncovers the ways that our immediate reactions to people are still underpinned by the ideologies of ‘scientific racism’
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University is about more than just getting a job
Teaching students the skills that enable them to be change makers in their industries should be the real goal, says Natalie BrettÂ
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Ontario universities face dramatic shift to performance-based funding
Ford administration is blind to incompatibility of statistical metrics and quality teaching, academics warn
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The sands must shift to flexible learning in coastal communities
Where you live should not limit your educational aspirations, says Ian FribbanceÂ
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Quality bodies urged to tackle higher education ‘corruption’
Study finds evidence of widespread, worldwide corruption in HE and lack of action from quality assurance bodies to stop it
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Essex plans to grow staff numbers on back of student recruitment boom
University aims to create 100 new academic and 50 new professional posts at a time of overall gloom about UK university finances
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UCU must stand up for academic freedom on sex and gender
Scholars of feminism attract an overwhelming amount of intimidation; their right to explore controversial issues demands explicit protection, say Alice Sullivan, Judith Suissa, Holly Smith and Lesley...
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What are you reading? – 18 April 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Patently Mathematical: Picking Partners, Passwords and Careers by the Numbers, by Jeff Suzuki
Tony Mann learns that ‘applied mathematics’ isn’t what it used to be
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Einstein’s Wife: The Real Story of Mileva Einstein-Marić, by Allen Esterson, David C. Cassidy and Ruth Lewin Sime
Jennifer Rohn enjoys an account that shatters some of the myths about Einstein’s marriage
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The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age, by Leo Damrosch
Jeffrey Meyers considers a new account of one of the most talented generations in English literature
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David Garrick and the Mediation of Celebrity, by Leslie Ritchie
Marketing concepts shed new light on ‘the first modern celebrity’ even if some threads are missed, says Liz Schafer
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Researcher, coach, mentor: the task of the PhD supervisor
Good PhD supervision is life-changing – and not only for the few who succeed in making it as researchers