For insight into the ‘pervasive dislocation’ of people’s lives today, the sociologist Jeff Ferrell rode the rails across the US. He tells Matthew Reisz about life on the road and the limits of...
Depictions of sick human bodies were valuable in advancing medical knowledge, says Helen Bynum
Richard Joyner on a heartening collection of accounts by more than 40 people who participated in worldwide demonstrations for science
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A trio of dissenting voices echo through history in this timely, vivid book, writes Fred Inglis
A transparent account of elites’ views makes compelling – and depressing – reading, finds Heather Savigny
A critique of the political class; overcoming groupthink; the father of fractal geometry; the golden age of American teen car culture and a theory of cultural evolutionary psychology
Education minister says top-down reforms are needed to ensure better regulation of standards
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
Tributes paid to electrical engineer who helped forge today’s science of mobile communications
While it is important to reassess behaviour and power dynamics through a post-Weinstein lens, it is harder to make the case for deleting work from the academic record
NUI Galway’s Athena SWAN award recognises ‘energetic and sustained’ efforts to improve
Concerns over increasing accounts of alleged sexual violence spark protests
The former gay porn star turned academic on what lecturers can learn from the adult entertainment industry