Don’t be deceived: university access is about the money Working-class school-leavers’ fear of debts larger than their parents’ annual incomes is still a big issue, say Geoffrey Alderman and Zoe Morrison By Geoffrey Alderman 21 February
The latest ministerial guidance is an affront to the OfS’ independence If the English regulator agrees to tear up universities’ current access plans it risks undermining any perception of autonomy, says Geoffrey Alderman By Geoffrey Alderman 11 January
Surviving Katyn: Stalin’s Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth, by Jane Rogoyska Geoffrey Alderman admires a definitive account of a wartime massacre that remains controversial today By Geoffrey Alderman 9 August
Forcing an antisemitism definition on universities is ministerial overreach Gavin Williamson’s directive will embolden other groups to demand the enforcement of their interests by ministerial fiat, says Geoffrey Alderman By Geoffrey Alderman 7 December
Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth, by Magda Teter Geoffrey Alderman is impressed by a study of the origins and development of a vile calumny against the Jews By Geoffrey Alderman 27 February
Jewish Emancipation: A History across Five Centuries, by David Sorkin Geoffrey Alderman has reservations about a sweeping study of half a millennium of Jewish history By Geoffrey Alderman 17 October
The Scholems: A Story of the German Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction, by Jay Howard Geller Geoffrey Alderman considers the ambiguities of the synthesis between German and Jewish culture in the 19th and 20th centuries By Geoffrey Alderman 25 April
Bursting grade inflation needs a sharper needle Putting universities in ‘special measures’ or even abolishing degree classifications altogether should be on the table, says Geoffrey Alderman By Geoffrey Alderman 10 January
A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism, by Paul Hanebrink Geoffrey Alderman visits a time when truth did not matter in the face of dogma, and myth and conspiracy fed easily into racist rhetoric By Geoffrey Alderman 29 November
External examiners: expert viewpoint or out of date? Real challenge from an outside expert can propel valuable change, but do external examiners still provide a valuable critical eye for the marketised UK university sector? Six scholars offer their views By Robert Eaglestone 26 July
Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History, by Steven J. Zipperstein This analysis of an attack on Russian Jews paints a grim, important picture, writes Geoffrey Alderman By Geoffrey Alderman 10 May
Jabotinsky’s Children: Polish Jews and the Rise of Right-Wing Zionism, by Daniel Kupfert Heller A militaristic organisation that emerged in Warsaw in 1929 was accused of fascism – but were its violent actions justified, asks Geoffrey Alderman By Geoffrey Alderman 7 September
Make trouble for the essay mills Banning ghostwriting services from advertising won’t stop students cheating, but four simple steps could hobble them, says Geoffrey Alderman By Geoffrey Alderman 1 September
The HE bill will sweep away self-regulation of standards. Whose fault is that? The Office for Students will kill off institutional autonomy, says Geoffrey Alderman, and the sector has only itself to blame By Geoffrey Alderman 9 June
The age issue won’t be solved by driving out old scholars Pushing out senior academics to make room for younger ones would only perpetuate an insidious ageism, says Geoffrey Alderman By Geoffrey Alderman 3 September
