Books interview: David W. Orr
The聽Paul Sears distinguished professor at Oberlin College on the hottest climate change literature, gifting nature books and post-US election reading
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Harmful and Undesirable: Book Censorship in Nazi Germany, by Guenter Lewy
From聽the first fires to other forms of prohibition, a first-rate study charts a complex history, says Robert Gellately
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The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalisation, by Richard Baldwin
Spanning聽200,000 years of human trading, this study considers the influence of technology and the fallout of global interconnectedness, says Juliet Webster
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What are you reading? 鈥 5 January 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, And Why It鈥檚 So Hard to Stop, by Anna Lembke MD
A聽study probes a silent global epidemic: addiction to prescription medication, says David Healy
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Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy, by Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E. Stucke
Book of the Week: lack聽of effective antitrust oversight leaves us at the mercy of digital platforms, says Julia Powles
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Limiting PhDs creates the wrong kind of elite
Fixing problems in the academic job market by reducing the number of PhDs would homogenise the sector, argues Tom Cutterham
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The university as 鈥榗ritic and conscience鈥 of society
The Higher Education and Research Bill is a chance for institutions to show they do more than research and teaching, says Graham Virgo
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 5 January 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Premier pro: 10 tips for university leaders
From聽respect and metrics to mistakes and biscuits, management scholar John Hendry offers advice
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Everything looks better through new year goggles
Virtual reality may be set to make an impact on learning, but can it reveal who will keep their resolutions?
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For what you are about to receive, you鈥檙e welcome
Mark Readman thoughtfully provided an 11-point guide to help selfish academics ensure that they stand out at a conference (鈥淗ow to act like a superstar scholar鈥, Opinion, 15 December). But might I...
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Caution: heavy load
The findings reported in the article 鈥淓ven top teachers 鈥榥ot recognised or compensated鈥, warns research鈥 (News, 22 December) 鈥 that top teachers at research-intensive universities don鈥檛 see their...
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Repaid to Scotland
The negative picture of Scottish higher education painted in the feature 鈥淐an Scotland carry on with its free-tuition policy?鈥 (15 December) is simply unrecognisable. Free tuition has been a...