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‘A year of IS rule has set Iraq back 10 years’

Chilling testimonies collected by the Council for At-Risk Academics reveal the devastating impact of the arrival of Islamic State

Momentum builds on fossil fuel divestment

‘Domino theory’ points to UK academy’s future financial environment

Welcome to the hot seat, Mr Johnson

David Bell has some words of wisdom for Jo Johnson, the new minister for universities and science, as an ‘eventful’ five years loom

Why McMaster University gave its female academics a pay rise

When his university found evidence of a £2,000 gender pay gap, it knew what was the right thing to do - and it did it, says David Wilkinson

Beyond: Our Future in Space, by Chris Impey

This examination of space exploration has its feet firmly on the ground, writes Monica Grady

14 May 2015

Proportional response - The causes of and solutions to gender imbalance at the top

John Staniforth, 1953-2015

A leading figure in the pharmaceutical sciences has died

Q&A with Tracey Reynolds

We speak to the new professor of social sciences at the University of Greenwich

World in brief – 14 May 2015

CanadaSmaller slice of sector’s revenue pie goes on salariesThe share of Canadian universities’ spending allocated to academics’ salaries fell between 2000 and 2013, challenging the argument that...

Grant winners – 14 May 2015

Leverhulme TrustMajor research fellowshipsAward winner: Stephen HartInstitution: University College LondonValue: £97,155A critical edition of the apostolic processus of Santa Rosa de Lima (1586-1617)...

News in brief – 14 May 2015

PublishingSpringer Nature is bornCompetition authorities have approved the merger of two major publishers. The European Union and the US Department of Justice have cleared the unification of Springer...

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 14 May 2015

Teledons say ‘eh oh’

Michael Stewart, professor of social anthropology and vice-dean for enterprise and knowledge transfer at University College London, says that universities are deadly conservative, are not nearly as...

Exam problems

I was interested in the study into inconsistent marking, in particular that the examiners awarded “hugely inconsistent marks” and that “a large element of unreliability” would always remain in...

Apples and oranges

I cannot see how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Assessment of ����Vlog Learning Outcomes (Ahelo) project could realistically test learning outcomes in tertiary...