The week in higher education – 22 February 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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In the Children’s Best Interests: Unaccompanied Children in American-Occupied Germany, 1945-1952, by Lynne Taylor
A study of search parties pursuing minors in the rubble explores every corner, says Dan Stone
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British Universities in the Brexit Moment: Political, Economic and Cultural Implications, by Mike Finn
Roger Brown on a study of the implications for universities of leaving the European Union
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The Muslim Brotherhood and the West: A History of Enmity and Engagement, by Martyn Frampton
The UK and the US have vilified this Islamic group, but both worked with it, says Madawi Al-Rasheed
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Under the Cover of Chaos: Trump and the Battle for the American Right, by Lawrence Grossberg
As president, Trump may be less an aberration than some think, but he attracts those whose only politics is to ‘send in a wrecking ball’, writes Martin Cohen
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Students ‘deeply sceptical’ of variable fees, polling reveals
Survey results emerge amid mounting criticism of government’s hopes of delivering greater price competition
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USS strike: staff walkout is only way left to stop unnecessary pension cuts
Academics do not want to damage students' education but strike action is the only option left to protect pensions, says Sam Marsh
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Research power shifting to Germany after Brexit vote, says report
European universities, despite public dismay about Brexit, also privately see it as an opportunity to poach UK-based academics
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THE podcast: v-c pay and 'grand challenges' in research
The latest edition of ߣߣÊÓƵ discussed by the editorial team
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Interview with Sam Beale
The Middlesex University expert in stand-up comedy discusses working in the West Bank, collaborating with Mark Thomas, and falling into academia
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Robert McCormick Adams, 1926-2018
Pioneer of innovative methods of landscape archaeology remembered
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Engage better with universities or England’s apprenticeship programme will fail
Employers and workers want higher-level skills but apprenticeship infrastructure is still built around further education, says Adrian Anderson
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Marketisation is behind rows over v-cs’ pay and other urgent questions
Market forces unleashed on the UK university sector have pushed up senior pay, fuelled the rows over it and posed questions about ‘value for money’ that are shaping the future of universities
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What does ‘value for money’ mean for English higher education?
Andrew McRae explores what effects the value debate could have on the structure of the sector
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New and noteworthy – 22 February 2018
Revolution in Ukraine; the complexities of judging; international espionage past and present; neurogastronomy; and the surprising longevity of the kibbutz