THE podcast: 31 March – 6 April 2016 issue review
The latest edition of ÌÇÐÄVlog discussed by our editorial team
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The five biggest reading mistakes and how to avoid them
Katherine Firth on why you should approach texts less like a Victorian maiden and more like a pirate hero
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Danny Dorling Q&A: ‘The job of a professor is to profess’
The leading geographer talks to Karen Shook about how to learn from your audience and help build a better politics too
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Latin American universities boosted by European project
A UK university is leading a team to promote academic links with industry in Colombia, Panama and beyond
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Target-led culture in universities analysed in major project
Groundbreaking study of how target-driven strategies affect staff has attracted international support
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Modern humanities teaching: brought on by the chicken or the egg?
Do changes to degree courses reflect a more pluralistic society or are they driven by a desire for more radical approaches?
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Stress in academia ‘not always a bad thing’
Author of new research on dealing with stress in universities says focus should shift to how to cope better with the problem
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Interview with Mark Beaumont
We talk to the long-distance cyclist and documentary-maker about swapping pedals for academic robes
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Ray Millward, 1917-2016
A leading authority on the British landscape has died
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How part-time faculty can strive for teaching excellence
Co-editor of advice book for adjunct faculty talks about how to overcome feelings of being ‘untethered’ in the workplace
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Project tempts pupils with chance to contribute to science
Budding scientists get a chance to enjoy ‘thrill of discovery’ in research in schools project led by schoolteacher academic
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Exam by Wikipedia replaces ‘increasingly unappealing’ essays
University of Sydney assessments ask students to edit and write online encyclopedia entries
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The week in higher education – 31 March 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Latest university access policy change prompts criticism
Setting up new national outreach programme could stall momentum, expert warns
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We Shall Not Be Moved: How Liverpool’s Working Class Fought Redundancies, Closures and Cuts in the Age of Thatcher, by Brian Marren
Scousers’ acts of resilience are celebrated in a study of the city’s struggles, says Lisa Mckenzie