Reproducibility of research is critical for open science and open Britain
Science that is robust and reproducible will stimulate economic growth and social benefits, argue聽Marcus Munaf貌 and Neil Jacobs聽
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Lecturers struggling to combat essay mills with assessment design
Types of assessment viewed as least susceptible to contract cheating are those least likely to be set by academics, Australian study finds
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Study ties depression in poorer students to social isolation
Australian researchers recommend 'organic' interventions to support undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds
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When reviewers give you lemons, bench press them
Ben Marder offers early career researchers some advice on how to cope with paper rejections聽
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Postgraduate numbers plummet amid fears for no-deal Brexit
Leading figures in UK higher education warn sector will 鈥榯ake decades to recover鈥 from no-deal Brexit
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Letters 鈥撀3 January 2019
Online learning has a friendly human face We applaud Paul Le Blanc鈥檚 recognition of the 鈥渙verlooked majority鈥 of students who carry work, family and other responsibilities with them into their...
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Is US higher education in crisis?
Many observers perceive US higher education to be in trouble. They鈥檙e missing the big picture, says Steven Brint
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Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present, by Christopher Harding
Joy Hendry discovers a fascinating account of a century and a half of Japan鈥檚 modernisation
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The Promise of the East: Nazi Hopes and Genocide, 1939-43, by Christian Ingrao
An insightful contribution to a crowded field invites us to consider Nazism as a promise to deliver a different kind of society, finds Hester Vaizey
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What are you reading? 鈥 3 January 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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It Keeps Me Seeking: The Invitation from Science, Philosophy and Religion, by Andrew Briggs, Hans Halvorson and Andrew Steane
Book of the week: if the material world does not exhaust reality, what lies beyond? asks Simon Oliver
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University donations: No strings attached?
When universities accept donations from entities with particular ideological stances, are they sacrificing academic freedom on the altar of Mammon?
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A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War, by Owen Davies
Simon Young learns how soldiers used magical thinking to cope with their dreadful circumstances
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A Living Tradition: Catholic Social Doctrine and Holy See Diplomacy, by A. Alexander Stummvoll
Despite its success in highlighting the complexity of Holy See diplomacy, this work falls short of addressing its role as a moral actor, says Luke Cahill