Letters – 16 May 2019
How should HE respond to climate change? Joanna Kidman makes a good point in her article “We need to talk about climate change” (Features, 9 May). Air travel, as well as travel by car, are major...
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Books interview: Beatrice Heuser
The author of Brexit in History: Sovereignty or a European Union? on extroversion and introversion, political decision making and Bohemian fairy tales
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Acting on principle: University of Cambridge is trying to live up to its values
For a few ‘super universities’, the amplifying effect of their brand turns independent incidents into powerful patterns in the public mind
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Chinese PhD students a risk to West in some fields, v-c warns
Former chief defence scientist of ߣߣƵ says universities may be forced to bar Chinese nationals from conducting research in sensitive areas
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Want to be less stressed? Do some overtime (but not too much)
Study finds university staff who do up to 10 additional hours each week are more satisfied with their job, but doing more than this has a significant adverse effect
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Interview with Xavier Aldana Reyes
The literature expert on what Spain makes of the Gothic, what we can learn from ‘mad scientists’ and struggles with his surname
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William Gray, 1952-2019
Tributes paid to ‘gentlemanly’ scholar of folklore, fairy tales and fantasy fiction
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Modern universities are not neoliberal – but many academics are
Successful publish-or-perish operators should look in the mirror before writing their next diatribe about marketisation, says Mike Marinetto
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Researching the things that go bump in the night
Matthew Reisz reflects on the advantages and disadvantages of detachment for those pursuing ghostly research
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Corporate veterans take over ߣߣƵn university governance
Shift in council membership may be factor in escalating vice-chancellor pay
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Treasury opposition ‘could block’ England’s post-18 review
Chancellor opposes extra spending on universities, sources suggest, as universities minister dodges questions on report publication
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The week in higher education – 16 May 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Has university governance lost touch with academic reality?
Recent controversies in ߣߣƵ over vice-chancellors’ pay, Ramsay Centre funding and the role of academic presses have raised questions about whether university boards have too few – or, perhaps,...
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Heartbeats and spreadsheets: researching the psychology of the paranormal
Neil Dagnall and Ken Drinkwater tell Matthew Reisz about the rare pleasures of teaching and researching belief in ghosts, alien abductions and conspiracy theories