Elizabeth Meehan, 1947-2018
Tributes paid to first female politics professor in any part of Ireland
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Universities take different paths on mature students and BTECs
Analysis of the latest Ucas recruitment data suggests some institutions have changed strategy in the past few years
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Career impact on relationships ‘worst for junior academics’
THE survey reveals how work pressures shape researchers’ decisions around relationships and family
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Leading universities oppose OfS pay transparency demands
Institutions will need to disclose full details of all those earning more than £150,000 under the regulator’s proposed new rule
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The week in higher education – 8 February 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Working in academia should not be damaging
Universities’ demands are taking too great a toll on individuals’ health and happiness, as our first work-life balance survey shows
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THE podcast: 8-14 February 2018 issue review
The latest edition of ߣߣÊÓƵ discussed by the editorial team
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Euromaidan is unlikely to prompt any marriage of teaching and research in Ukraine
The former Soviet state’s National Academy of Sciences is too focused on its own survival to improve its research performance, says Ararat Osipian
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Egoism and defensiveness are poisoning academic judgement
Academics routinely offer praise and encouragement to their students. Why are they so reluctant to offer it to each other? asks Terri Apter
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Destroying the Gutenberg galaxy of books will leave a black hole
Books offer an experience, evidence trail and egalitarianism that could never be digitised, say Al Martinich and Tom Palaima
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Hell hath no fury like an academic suspended
Suspension is a legal and emotional minefield that can blow up in managers’ faces, says a wrongfully suspended scholarÂ
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Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony, by Kori Schake
Book of the week: Only once has a supreme global power peacefully ceded its reign to another, A. W. Purdue writes
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A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction, by Michael J. Ryan
Females are the ‘biological puppeteers’ driving the evolution of allure, says Simon Underdown
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Living Before Dying: Imagining and Remembering Home, by Janette Davies
A study about caring for those with dementia should be read by all who want care to improve for older people, writes Martina Zimmermann