Higher Education
Cognitive manoeuvres
The Genetic Lottery is not the only book published this summer to tackle controversial topics in biology
The vanishing university
From Oxford to Edinburgh, Bristol to Liverpool, the story is the same: online interaction is here to stay
Free speechers are missing the point
The newly announced Higher Education Bill won’t be the great champion of free speech that people think it will be
The breakdown of higher education
A British-American professor explains how diversity ruined academia, and how to reform it
Arise Sir Ed, saviour of King’s College London
An online ‘clap for Sir Ed’ will no doubt be forthcoming for an award justly earned
Fewer universities, more skills
The government needs to expand further education while reducing higher education
Less is more
Higher Education maintains an elevated status because little respect is given to alternatives
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
The dark underbelly of the sex industry
Advocacy for the idea of sex work has not been matched by advocacy for the exploited
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
