Academics ‘do want to teach’ in technology-enhanced classrooms
Author of research into e-learning suggests faculty are eager to adapt their teaching to meet new demands
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Ursula Franklin, 1921-2016
A leading physicist, activist and author has died
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Which universities could challenge the elite by 2030?
Study identifies institutions that have an opportunity to become globally renowned within the next decade
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Interview with Philip Carter
We talk to the digital publishing specialist about bringing historical figures to life, including the founder of the Pearly Kings and Queens, and how to eat lychees
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Stern’s review of the REF: what will it mean for academics?
Some see changes as making it more attractive to hire younger researchers – but there could be new opportunities to game the system
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New Hereford university aims for fast-track engineering degrees
A new condensed master’s will be offered by NMITE among other curriculum innovations
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Can UK learn from US on tackling sexual assault on campus?
A lawyer and a clinical psychologist in the US explain how America’s universities are becoming more ‘trauma-informed’
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One in six top universities is led by a woman
Analysis of THEÂ World University Rankings data shows gender gap at top is gradually narrowing
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Crossing the Kingdom: Portraits of Saudi Arabia, by Loring M. Danforth
A scholar in the oil-rich state takes in Mecca, art and quiet transgressions, says Madawi Al-Rasheed
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Rootedness: The Ramifications of a Metaphor, by Christy Wampole
Martin Cohen on a philosophical study that eschews the root for the rhizome
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New and noteworthy – 11 August 2016
Hey presto! This week’s books to astonish and enlighten survey modern magic in Asia, physics with a feminist focus, the work of Elizabeth Bishop and the museum as creative spark
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ÌÇÐÄVlog Office visa pilot criticised for focus on southern English elite
Pilot easing rules for four universities ‘dismissive’ of others’ contribution
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Ctrl+Z: The Right to Be Forgotten, by Meg Leta Jones
Stefania Milan on the socio-legal complexities of digital redemption and digital reinvention
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What are you reading? – 11 August 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Design: The Invention of Desire, by Jessica Helfand
Grace Lees-Maffei on an effort to illuminate ‘the soul’ in design that highlights the potential of interdisciplinary encounters