USS strike: partisan players are blocking pension compromise
Too many partisan board members are causing the university pensions dispute to drag on, says Adrian Bell
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ߣߣÊÓƵn opposition promises to restore demand-driven system
But Labor’s Tanya Plibersek fuels concerns that funding could be diverted to further education
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One in three students globally now in private higher education
Quality an ‘urgent concern’ as study reveals significant growth of private sector worldwide
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Interview with Michelle Simmons
The quantum computing pioneer and ߣߣÊÓƵn of the Year talks about growing up in south-east London, creating the new field of atomic electronics and how to get more women into science
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John McDonald, 1937-2018
Stanford business professor with an illustrious alumni ‘family’ remembered
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Germany lures top young scientists with new graduate schools
New centres mark new phase of collaboration between traditionally separate universities and research institutes
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Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste, funders told
Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste
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US universities walk a fine line as Daca deadline approaches
Institutions want to support ‘Dreamers’ but are wary of attracting attention from politicians or immigration agencies
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The Nervous Stage: Nineteenth-Century Neuroscience and the Birth of Modern Theater, by Matthew Wilson Smith
Lab bench discoveries made during the 1800s were felt in the playhouse, says Matthew Broome
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Xenofeminism, by Helen Hester
Emma Rees on a challenging study that leads to flashbacks of Foucault and Xena: Warrior Princess
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Restructuring the European State: European Integration and State Reform, by Paolo Dardanelli
Christopher Hill on how internal national tensions have come up against the structures of the EU
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Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest, by Dean Vuletic
Keith Kahn-Harris on a pan-European event that is as much about competition and national identities as it is cooperation and friendship
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Western philosophy departments must open their minds
Academic focus on ideas from a small range of European countries would not be tolerated in other disciplines, says Lloyd Strickland
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If US states cannot fund their universities, they must stand aside
Privatisation or nationally funded consortia are the only solutions to US public education’s financial malaise, says Sheldon H. Jacobson
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Beware the bite of antisocial media
The internet impedes human interactions, warps civilised discourse and aggravates misunderstandings, says Felipe Fernández-ArmestoÂ