Anthony Yu, 1938-2015
A leading scholar of religion and literature best known for his translation of the Chinese epic The Journey to the West has died
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News in brief – 28 May 2015
THE ‘exam howlers’ competition Bubbles for bloopers ߣߣƵ is launching this year’s call for entries to its “exam howlers” competition, in which lecturers are invited to share their...
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Scientists: ignore the rules on writing to get citations
A study suggests that short and clear abstracts are associated with lower than expected citations
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Video interviews give scholars a platform to discuss work
Ideas Roadshow aims to improve non-experts’ understanding of research fields from maths to philosophy and subjects including brain science
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Broncos, pirates, professors: all powerless before corporate march
Restructures and rebrandings of public universities are taking a toll on mascots and more, says Robert Lee Maril
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Laurie Taylor on academics v administrators
Is there a way for the two tribes to rub along? An academic and an administrator consider the rules of engagement
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The decline of the Greek empire: US fraternities
The male student societies are under pressure like never before. Is it time to shut them down – or can they mend their ways?
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The tip-top club: home to 173 men and just 28 women
Of top 200 institutions in the world, only one in seven has a female leader, research shows
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Timbuktu, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Murderous deeds in Islam’s name cannot exterminate love and courage in this moving Mali-set drama inspired by real events, writes Duncan Wu
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Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator, by Oleg V. Khlevniuk
Robert Gellately extols a life history of the Soviet strongman
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Hubris: Why Economists Failed to Predict the Crisis and How to Avoid the Next One, by Meghnad Desai
The idea of equilibrium is a dangerous delusion, finds Stewart Lansley
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Grant winners – 28 May 2015
National Institute for Health Research, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, and more
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British-Islamic Identity: Third-Generation Bangladeshis from East London, by Aminul Hoque
Caught between two cultures, six teenagers turn to Arabic to feel at home, finds Mafruha Mohua
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For PhD students, £25K ‘doesn’t even scratch the surface’
Mick Fuller discusses the changes he’s seen to postgraduate funding as UKCGE chair
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Dickens and the Business of Death, by Claire Wood
The Victorians found much profit in the grave, and Boz was there to document its blackly comic excess, writes Ruth Richardson