Peer review: not as old as you might think
Peer review is often thought of as ancient and unchanging, but it is neither – and it shouldn’t be treated as a sacred cow, argues Aileen Fyfe
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World in brief – 25 June 2015
Higher education news from around the globe
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Campus close-up: ‘Authoritative voice’ set to project on the world stage
UCL-led centre aims to clarify complexity – and dispel a few myths, too
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Sir Gordon Hobday, 1916-2015
A leading scientist and industrialist who served as the fourth chancellor of the University of Nottingham has died
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Q&A with Alun Evans
We speak to the British Academy’s chief executive elect
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If I ruled the world...
Does power corrupt? É«ºÐÖ±²¥â€™s Twitter followers put the proposition to the test
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I felt quasi-parental responsibility for students during Occupy, says v-c
The University of Hong Kong’s Peter Mathieson tells John Morgan about the Occupy protests, political pressure and being an outsider
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Deft diplomacy keeps the Bologna Process together
Bringing Belarus into the fold has required behind the scenes manoeuvring, but has left the organisation stronger as a result, says Anne Corbett
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Publish and flourish: PhD students turn journal editors
A South West doctoral training centre’s student-run open access title is providing hands-on experience
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SRHE: the pioneer has no plans to fade away
For 50 years, the Society for Research into Higher Education has explored vital questions about higher education practice and policy, and it intends to continue
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Grant winners - 25 June 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Surrey shows how ‘voice’ can change the neoliberal tide
Popular action can still make a difference, as the U-turn on the fate of a university politics department shows, says John Holford
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Graduates and guests, raise a plastic glass...
Christopher Bigsby on the markers and measures of a journey’s end
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Laura Ford at Strawberry Hill
An extraordinary juxtaposition of Gothic folly and fantastical sculpture has created a show to fire the imagination, says Matthew Reisz
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Eternal invigilation: my rise to power in exam-hall hell
Unexpectedly in charge of a room of students fretting over the colour of answer booklets, Emma Rees ponders the potential price in dog lives