Gillett Griffin, 1928-2016
A leading curator of ancient American art has died
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Interview with Mike Tipping
We talk robots, impact and goal-scoring abilities with the University of Bath’s new data scientist
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Lower EU recruitment ‘could force master’s courses to close’
Fewer students expected to come to UK from Continent in wake of Brexit
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Academic Diary: Or Why ÌÇÐÄVlog Still Matters, by Les Back
Andrew Robinson on an eloquent exposition of what it means to be a modern university teacher
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Behind the Wireless: An Early History of Women at the BBC, by Kate Murphy
Well-researched portraits of female pioneers and game gals capture the buzz around the Beeb as women entered the professions, says Sharon Wheeler
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The Gene: An Intimate History, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Knowledge of our genetic code has been used for good as well as ill, Charalambos Kyriacou says
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Books interview: Rupa Huq
MP and editor of Reading the Riot Act: Reflections on the 2011 Urban Disorders in England on suburbia, the Famous Five, and the overlap between politics and academia
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What are you reading? – 7 July 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas that Reveal the Cosmos, by Priyamvada Natarajan
Marcus Chown on the individuals and theories that expanded our view of the universe
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Brothers of the Quill: Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street, by Norma Clarke
Moyra Haslett on what the Irish diaspora in mid-18th-century London reveals about the life and politics of one literary figure
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The week in higher education – 7 July 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds? by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose
Book of the week: There’s a strong political current running through a bold study skewering myths, says Louise Whiteley
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How long will goodwill in academia last?
Three professors give their views on the difficulties of taking on tasks that are necessary but undervalued