Carrots and sticks are not enough in Indonesia
Without more research funding, senior Indonesian academics are unlikely to be able to meet new government-imposed publication standards, says Martin Surya Mulyadi
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Higher spending is not the key to equity
Before pouring more public or private money into universities, politicians must ensure that all students are properly prepared, says Warren Bebbington
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Academic media angels can wing it to 24/7th heaven
Academics able to link their expertise to world events can raise their personal and institutional profiles to previously unimaginable levels, says Russell Reader
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What are you reading? – 3 August 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Do critical thinking skills give graduates the edge?
It has long been claimed that critical thinking ability sets graduates apart. But are universities really preparing students for the modern workplace? David Matthews reports
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Now dig this! How UK academia got shook up in the Summer of Love
At 1967’s Congress on the Dialectics of Liberation, radicals preached Black Power, existential psychiatry, free universities and more. Martin Levy reports on an event that was as much a happening as...
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New and noteworthy – 3 August 2017
Muslim superheroes, the language and literature of clouds, painterly prose and myths about rings
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Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction, by Chris Thomas
Book of the week: Human actions have killed off some species but may be kick-starting new ones, writes Jules Pretty
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Laurie Taylor – 3 August 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Do universities actually equip students with the tools for tomorrow?
Universities claim to bestow on graduates the key to open the door to any job: critical thinking. But even if they do, are employers interested?
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V-c pay levels reflect impact of policy decisions
It is difficult to say whether the recent criticisms of vice-chancellors’ salaries by Jo Johnson, the universities minister, and Lord Adonis, the former education minister (“Who has final say on pay...
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Open to adaptation
In her opinion article “An open-access monograph dash could be disastrous” (27 July), Marilyn Deegan attacks a series of straw arguments about open access for books that have little basis in policy...
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Subject divergence
Whoever proposed the subject-level teaching excellence framework has little or no idea just how complex and varied a “subject” can be (“Subject-level TEF ‘bad for students’”, News, 27 July). Some...