It’s time to ditch stale perceptions of university hierarchies
Catherine O’Connell responds to a recent study that identified four ‘tiers’ of universities in the UK
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University of Surrey appoints China-born nanotechnologist as next v-c
Max Lu to join from University of Queensland
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Innovating Pedagogy 2015: the 10 technological trends set to transform education
Key predictions from the Open University and SRI International report
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Spending review: winners and losers from the new Global Challenges Research Fund
A qualified welcome for George Osborne’s real-terms protection of research, but uncertainty over how new overseas aid spending will operate
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Student loan expansion relies on ‘accounting trick’
Government’s moves to lower student loan write-off ease path to postgraduate and part-time lending
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Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity, by Joseph E. Stiglitz
A small tax hike for the cream of 1 per cent could fund college for the poorest, says Danny Dorling
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Stealing Helen: The Myth of the Abducted Wife in Comparative Perspective, by Lowell Edmunds
A search for shared motifs in folklore and Classics is impressively broad-ranging, says Barbara Graziosi
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Obfuscation: A User’s Guide for Privacy and Protest, by Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum
Marianne Franklin on a guide to help people escape the attentions of public and private bodies capturing and capitalising on our online actions
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Books interview: Louise O. Fresco
Wageningen University president and author of Hamburgers in Paradise: The Stories Behind the Food We Eat on her appetite for good books, from Primo Levi to Claudia Roden.
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Scientists ‘less engaged with public than arts and humanities academics’
Survey also finds that women do more work with the general public than male researchers
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British School of Osteopathy wins access to public research and teaching funding
Clinical evidence on osteopathy ‘fails to show convincingly’ it works, claims critic after private BSO wins Hefce designation
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Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis, by Tim Flannery
Steven Yearley finds merit but not proven mileage in putting CO2 on ice to arrest global warming
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The Profligate Son Or, a True Story of Family Conflict, Fashionable Vice, and Financial Ruin in Regency England, by Nicola Phillips
How does a dandy pay for his lifestyle? Clare Brant follows a rake’s descent into crime, dissolution and disrepute
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What are you reading? – 3 December 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education – 3 December 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press