Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art, by Katharine Cockin
Big questions remain unanswered about an important female Modernist theatre-maker all but written out of history, says Liz Schafer
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What are you reading? – 16 February 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Living a Feminist Life, by Sara Ahmed
Book of the Week: Emma Rees praises an effort to show how to turn personal traumas into political resistance
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My Dear Li: Correspondence 1937‑1946, by Werner Heisenberg and Elisabeth Heisenberg
What were Heisenberg’s intentions for his work on a nuclear bomb for Hitler, asks Graham Farmelo
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Books interview: Paulin Ismard
The professor in Greek history and author of Democracy’s Slaves discusses theatre’s power, ancient political systems and tackling Gravity’s Rainbow
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Interview with Monica Ali
The acclaimed novelist and distinguished writer-in-residence at the University of Surrey talks about teaching, researching her novels and why she skipped all her lectures
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Andy Furlong, 1956-2017
An internationally renowned sociologist of youth has died
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Will Trump’s election see more US students and scholars head to Canada?
Living next to the US is like sleeping with an elephant. But will the election of a divisive president see more Americans pack their trunks and trump, trump, trump up to Canada? asks Glen Jones
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Campus Capital fund seeks to ape US start-up success
Venture capital fund aims to give students experience of investingÂ
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‘French brain drain worse than imagined’
Lack of opportunities and local hiring practices have stopped many French scientists from returning to their homeland, a new study says
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Left-leaning academics are sexier, study suggests
While right-wing politicians have been found to be more attractive than left-wing politicians, this trend may not hold true in the world of scholarship
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THE Teaching Survey 2017: results and analysis
Academics enjoy teaching. What they don’t like is the lack of preparation time, bureaucratic burdens, unprepared students – and the TEF. Jack Grove reports
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Can France win back émigré scholars?
Thousands of France’s most educated minds are now based abroad – luring them back could be a boon for its ambitious plans for higher education, Jack Grove writes
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The week in higher education – 16 February 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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HE bill: why universities are not supermarkets
Commentator Martin Wolf examines the economic flaws and false assumptions of the ÌÇÐÄVlog and Research Bill