Off the rails

A laptop computer/textbook, symbolising digital humanities

Liberal arts have nothing to fear – as long as they embrace technology

We can no longer deem as educated a student who knows nothing about statistics, data analytics or computing, says Daniel Diermeier

By Daniel Diermeier

28 November

Montage of the British Library with fingerprints to illustrate ‘We are vulnerable when we go digital’

How the British Library cyberattack disrupted research

Academics who rely on the British Library’s unmatched collection are still feeling the impact of a devastating cyberattack a year ago. Jack Grove hears from those affected and considers how another catastrophic breach might be averted

By Jack Grove

21 November

Montage of Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat from New York, during a campaign with arrow symbols around him to illustrate Plagiarism accusations that led to the downfall of black US academics and politicians have sparked criticisms of ‘sloppy’ writing practices

What the right’s ‘plagiarism war’ really tells us about academic writing

Plagiarism accusations that led to the downfall of black US academics and politicians have sparked criticisms of ‘sloppy’ writing practices. But these controversies actually reveal how academics are struggling with the many writing technologies now essential to their jobs, argues Genevieve Creedon

By Genevieve Creedon

7 November