The Discovery of Chance: The Life and Thought of Alexander Herzen, by Aileen M. Kelly
Robin Feuer Miller on a 19th-century Russian who was part of a line of thinkers from Francis Bacon to Charles Darwin

Robin Feuer Miller on a 19th-century Russian who was part of a line of thinkers from Francis Bacon to Charles Darwin

Annmarie Adams revels in the bunker mentality of an architectural enthusiast who sees the glory of grey

Richard Joyner on the Austrian scientist Karl von Frisch, who discovered and deciphered bees’ communicative choreography

Rosa Luxemburg's letters, godless Americans, womanist ways and an anthropologist among the undergraduates: must-read monographs

Public debate in the UK over whether to remain in the EU has been criticised for casting little light. Here, seven academics probe the arguments

Concerns over low contact hours and delays in handing back assignments loom large in Hepi/HEA survey

BME learners rate teaching less positively and may lose out by living at home, Hepi-HEA survey finds

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world's media

The Office for Students will kill off institutional autonomy, says Geoffrey Alderman, and the sector has only itself to blame

Elena Tobolkina got the job opportunity of a lifetime at Oxford, but the cost of childcare and housing took it away

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!

The National Student Survey, one of the pillars of the TEF, is more likely to measure enjoyment than learning, says Wolfgang Stroebe
As a UK-wide organisation that champions learners from under-represented groups, especially mature students, the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning welcomes many aspects of the White...