What are you reading? – 5 March 2020
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Mission modifications
The government may be putting a new emphasis on universities and the role of research, but the attention may also bring new demands for delivery
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The Price of Football, by Kieran Maguire
Stephen Mumford puts his head to the business factors and fantasy finances at the heart of the beautiful game
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Gulag Literature and the Literature of Nazi Camps: An Intercontextual Reading, by Leona Toker
Bryan Cheyette welcomes a comparative study of those persecuted under Stalin and Hitler despite its gaps
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Sisters in Arms: Female Warriors from Antiquity to the New Millennium, by Julie Wheelwright
Book of the week: Emma Rees salutes a wide-ranging study of women who passed as men or found other means to serve in combat
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UCU offers ‘significant concessions’ in pay and pensions disputes
Negotiators ‘within reach of agreements’ as union cuts demands on pay rises and pension contributions, says general secretary
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More ߣߣƵn universities offer cash help over coronavirus
ߣߣƵn National University unveils latest assistance package for travel-stymied students
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Coronavirus hampering Chinese recruitment, say US universities
Survey reveals how US universities are managing travel restrictions and test suspensions
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Novel Relations: Victorian Fiction and British Psychoanalysis, by Alicia Mireles Christoff
Jane O’Grady is intrigued by an analysis of the psychological depths plumbed by the fiction of George Eliot and Thomas Hardy
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The Idea of the Brain: A History, by Matthew Cobb
Shane O’Mara considers the many different and always inadequate metaphors we have used to analyse our mental functioning
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Women make progress on authorship but miss grants and patents
Large-scale analysis of data on published research suggests female academics now outnumber men in some fields, but significant inequalities remain
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Chris Skidmore: UK universities must embrace the future
Although his two stints as universities and science minister only added up to 400 days, Chris Skidmore has strong views about the challenges and opportunities that confront institutions as they are...
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UNSW gets approval for second Canberra campus
Capital set to become more crowded, as territory government greenlights sixth campus
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5 March 2020 digital edition
Soaring ambitions: Can Mena universities help realise the region’s potential?