Interview with Shamit Saggar
The new chair of the Campaign for Social Science on ethnic minorities, the similarity between law and academia and universities swallowing the management textbook

The new chair of the Campaign for Social Science on ethnic minorities, the similarity between law and academia and universities swallowing the management textbook

Former vice-chancellor of London South Bank University remembered

Analysis of departmental spending suggests there is a large gulf in costs between some disciplines

Pragya Agarwal considers what aspiring doctoral students can do to make their application stand out from the rest

Many immigrants in Renaissance times were not slaves but professionals, learns Lucy Wooding

Robert Eaglestone praises an absorbing account of eminent scientist Michael Danos’ life that straddles biography and history

Is there anything new in technological advantage adding to sporting prowess, asks Lincoln Allison

Looking outward may give us a better understanding of the progression of life and the inevitability of natural selection, says Tiffany Taylor

Students on course forced to find alternative programmes, as government plans to open English sector further to new providers

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Teaching students to attribute their failures to factors within their control can lead to big gains, say Rodney Clifton, Gabor Csepregi and Masha Krylova

A hurricane strike last year brought home to Zachary Michael Jack the academy's failure to live up to its compassionate values Â

Obama-era overreaction to HE ‘rape culture’ obstructed justice

However you handle them, emails are a source of stress. But there are ways to minimise it, says Emma Russell

Having caused a scandal over research assessment back in the 1990s, Lincoln Allison is well placed to give an overview of its impact, and still finds it wanting