Joint research to be subject to US rules, admits ESRC chief
Washington’s ‘national interest’ restrictions on social science will affect bilateral projects
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Networks needed to help young scholars cross barriers
Early career academics seeking to do interdisciplinary work need more information and mentors, says Southampton’s Smurf group
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Georgetown’s Qatar outpost ‘illegal’, lawyer claims
US institution’s Doha venture is said to contravene its 1815 charter
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Iraq academy urged to build own path to quality
Report on Erbil conference highlights challenges facing Iraqi universities
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US explores how to increase diversity without prejudice
Universities are seeking alternatives to race-conscious admissions policy
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Virtual open days allow global pitches for students
Real-time online recruitment fairs cut costs and expand reach in the hunt for students
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North Kentucky more inspirational than the Ivy Leaguers
Felipe Fernández-Armesto on two undergraduates’ stairways to heaven (via Cincinnati)
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Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty, by James M. Lang
The academy is turning a blind eye to plagiarism, an anonymous professor warns
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The Work of Revision, by Hannah Sullivan
David Gewanter on the Modernist urge to edit
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From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity, by Kyle Harper
Christianity undermined Roman sexuality by giving it a spiritual dimension, finds Candida Moss
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A World of Excesses: Online Games and Excessive Playing, by Faltin Karlsen
Daria Kuss is impressed with a series of interviews that shed light on the medicalisation of gaming problems
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Victoria’s Madmen: Revolution and Alienation, by Clive Bloom
June Purvis is intrigued by an account of those who swam against the tide in an age of conformity and religious piety
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Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection, by Ethan Zuckerman
Tara Brabazon on building difference online
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Winners and losers in student applications, 2007-12
Demand for subjects such as English and history has fallen while applications to more job-oriented degree courses have climbed, an analysis by HSBC suggests
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Blue Stockings, Shakespeare’s Globe
Jessica Swale’s rollicking play about women in 1890s Cambridge fighting for the recognition of their education has relevance today