Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years, by Nicholas Frankel
Jeffrey Meyers longs for more of the unfamiliar in a portrait of the author’s final chapter
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Honours versus Money: The Economics of Awards, by Bruno S. Frey and Jana Gallus
Nobels and suchlike can motivate good behaviour but beware hidden costs, says Marina Della Giusta
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The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist’s Point of View, by Tim Crane
Ursula King explores an effort to provide an account of faith that will allow believers and non-believers to engage in a dialogue
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Books editor’s blog: tallying emotions and economics
How should we choose which titles to review when recurrent themes arise, and how ought we to feel when strong feelings are used to ‘sell’ academic content?
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Attempts at cuts draw political blood – again
The apparent defeat of ߣߣÊÓƵ’s latest attempt at higher education funding reform prolongs the agony for both universities and ministers, says Conor King
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Cross your subsidies and hope not to die
Hepi’s exposure of the degree to which teaching subsidises research should provoke a new approach to funding, says Phil Ward
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Credit should only go where it is due
US scholars' tendency to award extra credit for attending non-core lectures hastens the academy's slide into transactionalism, says Robert ZaretskyÂ
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The sector reshuffle is only adding to the higher education kerfuffle
The merry-go-round of senior figures and a lack of coordination among mission groups has weakened UK universities' influence, says Nick Hillman
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Union calls for ban on ‘mock REFs’ amid fears for UK research jobs
University of Hertfordshire job cuts add to fears staff could be forced out ahead of REF 2021
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Overseas students ‘pay £8K each to fund UK research’
Stark figures in new Hepi report prompt calls for chancellor to tackle research underfunding in budget
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A History of the Future: Prophets of Progress from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov, by Peter J. Bowler
Book of the week: The reality of the present world has fallen short of science fiction’s predictions, says Jon Turney
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Can Canada bring more indigenous people and knowledge into universities?
Institutions are working to increase participation by native peoples and awareness of their scholarly contributions. Ellie Bothwell reports
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What are you reading? – 9 November 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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How political revolution suffocated a promising scientific future for Ireland
The Royal College of Science for Ireland was a progressive experiment in technical education that ended abruptly in the messy wake of Irish independence. Shane McCorristine recounts a cautionary tale...