What are vice-chancellors’ insights into the trends, threats and priorities affecting the future of the university? Nearly 200 leaders of world-ranked universities give their views on where the...
Robert Montgomerie is impressed by a novel account of the backbone’s evolution
This unusual and intellectually invigorating book should be an essential starting point for feeling our way ahead in this field, says Shane O’Mara
Up, up and away; hallowed grounds; degrees of evolution at Oxford; and making peace and making up
The good and evil of opium is documented in this eloquent history, writes Jonathan Mirsky
This deeply researched history of a conflict has an unfinished feel, finds Kori Schake
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Book of the week: An important study of barbarism calls for citizens to be vigilant and to resist, says Joanna Bourke
Ellie Bothwell analyses how religious institutions shape up compared with secular institutions and how they are adapting to modern mores
Michigan State is applying the scientific knowledge it’s developed over 150 years to its own campus to improve student success, says June Pierce YouattÂ
Giving personalised, frequent feedback to students at scale is no longer the privilege of small, highly resourced universities, says Timothy RenickÂ
Does a small campus always create a greater sense of community? Do lower faculty to student ratios mean teaching is better?
Major new survey of world university leaders finds widespread acceptance that casualisation will increase
Report sets outs recommendations for healthier collaborations