Curtailing overseas scholars鈥 right to strike undermines their academic citizenship
The new UK home secretary must reinstate workers鈥 right to participate in industrial action regardless of national origin, says Shreya Atrey
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For bright post-Brexit horizons, the UK needs a warm front
As the EU鈥檚 proposals for its Horizon Europe research funding framework near publication, the UK must commit to playing a full role, says Paul Boyle
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Storied Ground: Landscape and the Shaping of English National Identity, by Paul Readman
Caroline Edwards enjoys an impressive but flawed history of cultural nationalism
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It鈥檚 Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics, by David Faris
Book of the week: internal problems are not addressed in this plan to save the Democrats, writes Heather Gautney
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The bruising effect of the impact agenda
We are right to celebrate the contributions that research makes to society, but why don鈥檛 we talk more about the costs? asks Rosa Freedman
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The spirit of 1968: global perspectives on the student revolution
While the Sorbonne was at the epicentre of the 1968 protests, the shock waves were felt far beyond France, with students occupying Peking and UC Berkeley at the same time. A group of academics...
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The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191, by John D. Hosler
A study seeks to fill the lacuna in coverage of a key Crusades conflict, says Thomas Asbridge
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What are you reading? 鈥 24 May 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 24 May 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Pluralistic academy is a model for politics in a polarised society
Politicians and social media warriors could learn a lesson from the 鈥榠vory towers鈥 they are so quick to deride: plurality and exchange of ideas are good things
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Women: long the majority in UK HE and FE
I read with interest your feature on the ever-increasing number of women in higher education worldwide (鈥淲hy is Martha doing better than Arthur?鈥, 10 May), but it missed an important point. At least...
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No diatribe
In his letter 鈥淓nd ideologues鈥 reign over imperial history鈥 (3 May), Zareer Masani accuses us of 鈥渃haracter assassination鈥. To use his words, we take strong exception to this unsubstantiated...
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Electoral oversights
In their book聽How Democracies Die: What History Tells Us about Our Future聽(Books, 8 March), Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt offer some possibly useful critical analysis, but I am shocked by their...