REF 2014: study ranks subjects by competitiveness
Scholar says departments that did well in the research excellence framework may not have the right to ‘strut around campus’ if their field is not competitiveÂ
Search
-
-
Short-term overseas study ‘as valuable’ as year abroad
Survey finds that students perceive similar benefits to overseas experience, regardless of duration
-
Riotous Flesh: Women, Physiology, and the Solitary Vice in Nineteenth-Century America, by April R. Haynes
A study of anti-masturbation campaigns reveals many unexpected allegiances, says Heike Bauer
-
Soft Force: Women in Egypt’s Islamic Awakening, by Ellen Anne McLarney
Caron E. Gentry praises a work that reveals the contributions of female Muslims
-
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, by Timothy Snyder
Robert Gellately on a study of the ideas and politics that led to the mass murder of the Jews
-
The week in higher education – 10 September 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
-
A Singularly Unfeminine Profession: One Woman’s Journey in Physics, by Mary K. Gaillard
Tara Shears on the career thrills and frustrations of a female scientist who made history at Berkeley
-
Farewell to the World: A History of Suicide, by Marzio Barbagli
There’s productive provocation in this epically ambitious study, but Chris Millard wishes its rigour matched its scope
-
German through English Eyes: A History of Language Teaching and Learning in Britain 1500-2000, by Nicola McLelland
This survey shows how textbook materials often reveal more about the ‘home’ culture than they do about the one being taught. Sylvia Jaworska writes
-
Out of ideas? Take a walk
Norwegian study argues ‘walking for thinking’ is exercise that all researchers can benefit from
-
The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution, by David Wootton
Landmark discoveries have relied on some unexpected connections, says Richard Joyner
-
What are you reading? – 10 September 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
-
‘Global reputation’ at risk if spending review hits higher education, warns UUK
Research councils thought to be under review as BIS aims to be ‘sharper, smaller, cheaper’
-
Philosophy on film
Does Woody Allen’s Irrational Man succeed in bringing big ideas to the big screen? Benjamin Poore gives his verdict
-
Unsafe harbour? Academic freedom in Hong Kong
In a special report from the territory, David Matthews hears concerns that scholars are paying the price for ‘politically incorrect’ talk