The Politics of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of Israel/Palestine, by Christine Leuenberger and Izhak Schnell
David Newman applauds a judicious study of the Middle Eastern politics of cartography
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Hong Kong university to close ‘Mecca for China studies’
Invaluable Mao era materials will be digitised on an open-access platform
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Fresh Asian border restrictions frustrate academics and students
One academic faces five weeks of quarantine, while many students can’t travel to campus at allÂ
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UCL tells students to stay away until late February
Students have been told not to return to campus for another seven weeks
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Blanchflower aiming to counter ‘disastrous’ austerity economics
Economist calls for emphasis on wages and jobs as antidote to ‘failed’ doctrines, as he takes up Glasgow role looking at independent Scotland
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Choosing sides in campus culture wars is counterproductive
Academics should not be seduced by the moral certainty on either side of the ‘with us or against us’ divide, says Brad Evans
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Stop ‘vilifying’ China, Beijing tells social scientists
Ministry warns researchers against ‘degrading’ nation in pursuit of international journal publication
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Doubts raised over UK’s alternative to Erasmus+
Turing scheme will not cover tuition fees, travel costs to the UK or staff exchanges, leaving UK universities to negotiate fee waivers
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Broken employability metrics need a post-pandemic revamp
New measures that provide insight into how universities build personal qualities of their graduates are needed, argue Doug Cole and Dino Willox
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Australian minister tipped to rethink building blocks of degrees
New minister’s old work on online education could be revived to encourage tertiary sector integration, experts say
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Measuring quality with metrics ignores transformative mentoring
Metrics rarely reflect how students have addressed their weaknesses, which is itself the most rewarding part of university teaching, says Megan Argo
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US campus tries rural outreach to blunt political danger
Boise State’s Marlene Tromp sees small-town rescues as solution to anti-intellectual fervour
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The Diseased Brain and the Failing Mind, by Martina Zimmermann
Matthew Broome is impressed by a study of our changing ideas about dementia that combines scientific and cultural analysis
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Medicine, education and social work back to campus on 4 January
Rest of students’ return to English universities should be staggered from 25 January, while international students asked to reconsider urgency of need to travel to UK
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London Higher head aiming to counter government ‘preconceptions’
Diana Beech, former adviser to Tory ministers, wants to challenge ‘crude generalisations’ that could hit London’s vital arts courses