By Jack Grove. As Spectre hits the cinemas, what might it be like to be taught by James Bond – or Daniel Craig, at least? His on-screen student and now THE reporter, Jack Grove, reveals how nobody did it better. More...
By Meghan Duffy. There is a persistent myth (some might even call it a zombie idea) that getting tenure in academia requires working 80 hours a week. There’s even a joke along the lines of “The great thing about academia is the flexibility. You can work whatever 80 hours a week you want!” More...
By Matthew Reisz. In our occasional Outer Limits series, we celebrate the academics who go well beyond the call of duty to carry out their research. More...
By David Matthews. A new paper finds that more than half of economic studies are unreproducible. But there could be even deeper issues with the discipline, says David Matthews. More...
By Victoria Bateman. Why is the world still prioritising male interpretation of women over womankind? asks Victoria Bateman. More...
By John Tregoning. In his second blog, John Tregoning offers some more advice on coping with scholarly stress. More...
By Rupert Sutton. Prevent: institutions must not let platitudes about freedom of expression create an ‘illusion of debate’, says Rupert Sutton. More...
Several Danish universities are struggling with poor students, increased absenteeism, a lack of motivation and a lower quality of education, reports The Copenhagen Post. Read more...
To boost science, higher education institutions in the Islamic world must give students a broad education and become meritocratic, write Nidhal Guessoum and Athar Osama for Nature. Read more...
By Brennan Weiss. Cornel West, a provocative civil rights activist and professor of philosophy and Christian practice at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, is one of America’s most outspoken critics of race relations in the United States. Read more...
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