Men in the majority
Interesting that the gender composition of your editorial board reflects that of the letters page. This week (10 January), not unusually, all male - more than your appointments news (6/11 female)....
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When the face doesn't fit ..
Women who brave the traditional male bastions of science, engineering and technology must still confront both gender stereotyping and old-boy exclusion. Esther Oxford reports.
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Strategic resources
Governors perform an important and complex function in higher education, but what exactly do they do and what skills can they bring to the role? Hannah Fearn investigates.
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Losing our religion?
If the Church of England has a somewhat accidental place within British life, the same might be said about theology within British universities. Matthew Reisz reports.
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Reaching out but still falling short
The Office for Fair Access this week revealed for the first time how much of their top-up fee income universities are spending on support for Britain's neediest students. Hannah Fearn and John Gill...
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Prize-winning performances
If academic recognition in the form of prizes is important to you, you should aim to publishing in leading journals and networking as much as possible.
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The week in higher education
It is the news story that just will not go away for the Government. On 10 January, The Guardian’s political pundit Michael White waded into the row over ministers’ plans to cut ?100 million funding...
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Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature
Defoe, Pope, Eliot, Bronte: Duncan Wu on the literary lights with a weakness for pseudonyms.
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Germany: The Long Road West. Volume II: 1933-1990
Historians often have to tread a fine line. On the one hand, there is the ideal of historical objectivity and unbiased research, however fractured this admittedly unattainable goal may appear to...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Sheffield
1. Integrated Dental Treatment Planning: A Case-Based Approach by Elizabeth J. Kay, Ann C. Shearer, Andrea M. Bridgman and Gerald M. Humphris. Oxford University Press, £25.99 ISBN 9780198528890.2....
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Romance in the Ivory Tower: The Rights and Liberty of Conscience
Sex in the academy dates back to Socrates, but universities today still struggle to deal with the issue. Alan Ryan considers the conundrum of student-staff relationships.
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Shakespeare in Parts
Academic Shakespeare is shattered. In place of the assumptions of transcendent greatness, universality and entirety, iconoclastic Shakespeare rejects canonical status, eschews ideas of organic...
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Book of the Week: Torture and Democracy
Alex Danchev tackles an unsettling subject