Tara Brabazon: Global address system
An African postgraduate’s vision of a ‘Radio 2.0’ that brings communities together reminds Tara Brabazon that overseas students contribute far more to the UK academy than just tuition fees
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Retrospective impact assessment an ‘insurmountable’ task
MPs back agenda but warn of vain efforts and the threat posed by science cuts. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Full throttled
The dictates of utilitarian ‘efficiency’ threaten to strangle the life out of the academy, argues Donald Braben
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Staff at King’s vote to strike
Members of the University and College Union at King’s College London have voted to strike over job cuts.In the ballot, 70 per cent of staff who voted backed a strike, while 85 per cent supported...
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Lord Oxburgh to lead review of UEA’s climate work
Head of panel says ‘we will report as soon as possible’ because of ‘shadow hanging over science’. Zoë Corbyn reports
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How to counter the ‘anti-research mood’: take an MP to lunch
Advising social scientists how to cope with tough times ahead, Lib Dem peer says make your case over a meal
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Paul Layzell named new principal of Royal Holloway
Sussex’s deputy vice-chancellor ‘delighted’ to take up London post, reports Rebecca Attwood
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‘Corruption’ of the innocent
A report on ‘sexualisation’ is part of the latest moral panic and a prime example of the government’s use of academics to pursue its own agenda while claiming to be objective, writes Clarissa Smith
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Auditors and two top staff under scrutiny at London Met
Report calls for investigations into role of deputy vice-chancellor, finance director and internal audit firm. Melanie Newman reports
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Watchdog bites after student-loans debacle
Auditors say changeover to SLC failed to deliver value for money and pushed up processing times by a third. John Morgan reports
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UEL’s former head breathes fresh life into fallow field
Martin Everett establishes social-network analysis centre at Manchester. Melanie Newman reports
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Book of the week: Coyote at the Kitchen Door
Jules Pretty explores our changing relationship with the wild through a look at a canine trickster
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Surviving Death
Do a 'protean' nature and selflessness assure us a life after the end? Christopher Belshaw is unsure
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The New Old World
Readers who appreciate Perry Anderson's wide-ranging essays for the London Review of Books (including this reviewer) will be pleased to have this anthology of them in book form. Seven of the ten...
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The Canon: Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse. By John Hollander
Every academic is intellectually complete, a "finished man among his enemies" as Yeats put it. Still, we like a quick study on the sly: a night with Yoruba grammar, some hard action with Mandelbrot's...