‘Significant issues’ raised by review of PhD training centres
Report into ESRC network recommends careful monitoring before next stage
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£4m on reorganising, yet still more jobs must go
Aberystwyth University will run voluntary severance scheme despite having already spent millions on restructuring
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UCL scholar shocked that government overlooked one great technology
Polina Bayvel of University College London says investment strategy missed the transformative potential of communications technologies
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NIHR bigwig calls for closer university-pharmaceutical ties
‘Culture change’ needed to avoid job losses
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Penal critic warns of lockdown in progress
Prison Service is stopping critics from accessing UK jails, scholar claims
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Regent's University London puts students centre stage
Kevin Spacey to play a key cameo in new home for fashion, fine art, film and theatre students
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Debating Islamic extremism: is this the best we can do?
Anshuman Mondal, author of Islam and Controversy, deplores ‘impoverished’ discussion of rights and obligations
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Scotland’s research cash: more pie for lucky few
Elite claim ever-greater share, while 11 institutions fight over remaining 11%, says NUS Scotland analysis
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‘We expected more’, Kurds tell UK partners in scholarship scheme
Iraq region’s bid to fix ‘dysfunctional’ sector included ‘huge investment’ to send postgrads to Britain, but payoff fell short, says minister
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‘Momentous point’ for South Asian sectors, British Council event hears
From post-Taliban Afghanistan to quality control: Global Education Dialogue offered insights on topics such as access for women and private providers
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Departments: the ideal units of quality assessment
The standards of research and teaching would be best protected by department-based reviews, argues Roger Brown
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Plucked: A History of Hair Removal, by Rebecca M. Herzig
There’s a piggy in the middle of this gripping tale of depilation, finds Emma Rees
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Huxley’s Church & Maxwell’s Demon: From Theistic Science to Naturalistic Science, by Matthew Stanley
Simon Underdown on the complicated process by which science replaced religion as means of explaining the world
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Sartre: A Philosophical Biography, by Thomas R. Flynn
Jane O’Grady on a survey of Sartre’s works and politics, and the contradictions they contained
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Making Space: How the Brain Knows Where Things Are, by Jennifer M. Groh
A detailed study of perception is a valuable primer on the subject, finds Tristan Bekinschtein