Make It the Same: Poetry in the Age of Global Media, by Jacob Edmond
Martin Dyar applauds an analysis of the ways poetry has ingeniously adapted itself to cultural change

Martin Dyar applauds an analysis of the ways poetry has ingeniously adapted itself to cultural change

Charlotte Jones enjoys an account of early English fiction exploring what novelists made of their naive unworldly heroines

Much important scientific research takes place outside laboratories. The history of science can only be enriched, argues Vanessa Heggie, if we give equal attention to other sites

Nick Norman enjoys a bold attempt to track the past, present and future of energy

Harry Collins takes issue with an outdated account of the relations between science and society

Book of the week: A. W. Purdue is impressed by a bold attempt to rethink the relationship between solidarity and ambition

As student numbers pass the 50 per cent mark, it is more important than ever to promote the value of HE, and counter perceptions that more means worse

Staff must address power differential and ensure feedback is a two-way dialogue, or risk alienating students, writes Anne WilsonÂ

The Bad Religion frontman and Cornell University lecturer on combining songwriting and academic research and how universities should respond to far-right extremism

Tributes paid to ‘brilliant and gracious’ scholar who broke new ground in study of literature and ecofeminism

Hepi poll finds students show little preference for £7,500 fee above £9,250 status quo, casting doubt on electoral benefit of plan

President says Ivy League institution is reaping reward of looking past academic silos and selecting staff on ability to tackle external challenge

Green Paper under consideration to explore nature and scope of ‘mission’ approach, while funding increases under discussion could range to the ‘eye-popping’

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media