Support for UCL worker ‘disciplined over trade union activities’
Latest hearing due next month in case of Tony Brown, who refused to shut down unmoderated staff email list
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Teaching ‘may have to change to support student mental health’
University of Derby project will produce guidance on improving curricula, pedagogy and assessments
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Is the lecture still fit for purpose?
Teaching and learning scholars from the around globe give their opinion on the future of the traditional lecture
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Decline in soft skills ‘driven by trivialisation of humanities’
Treating the sciences and the humanities as separate worlds does employers and students no favours, says award-winning interdisciplinarian
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New Zealanders’ faith in universities on the rise
Perceptions of higher education immune to political leanings, study finds
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Ignatieff condemns West for failure to protect CEU
University president accuses US and EU of capitulating to populists
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Thomas Berry: A Biography, by Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim and Andrew Angyal
Ursula King enjoys an insiders’ account of a leading ecological and spiritual thinker
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Catafalque: Carl Jung and the End of Humanity, by Peter Kingsley
Robert A. Segal is wary of an attempt to offer a definitive new interpretation of Jung
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The Scramble for Europe: Young Africa on Its Way to the Old Continent, by Stephen Smith
Ruben Andersson finds old fears repackaged in a thin academic offering
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Days of Awe: Reimagining Jewishness in Solidarity with Palestinians, by Atalia Omer
David Katz is unimpressed by an attempt to imagine a different Israel from elsewhere
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The week in higher education – 13 June 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Skidmore: top-up funding ‘absolutely’ needed if fees are cut
Universities minister addresses Augar panel plans and attacks ‘bums on seats’ terminology used by Tory colleagues
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What are you reading? – 13 June 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice, by Brendan O’Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
Book of the week: Scott Decker praises a bold attempt by economists to illuminate the American criminal justice system
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New and noteworthy – 13 June 2019
The essential nature of mercy; the dangers of a mythicised past; an overview of Amartya Sen’s work; the fascination of ancient objects; and the power of philosophyÂ