Gothic for the Steam Age: An Illustrated Biography of George Gilbert Scott, by Gavin Stamp
James Stevens Curl on an architect who designed some of the great Victorian buildings but was unjustly maligned
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What are you reading? – 12 November 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991, by Robert Service
Vladimir Tismaneanu praises a study of the key players in East-West relations in the late 1980sÂ
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The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopaedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust, by Tiffany Watt Smith
Interpretation of what we are feeling should never be reduced to mere physiology, says Jane O’Grady
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What is the future of the academic book?
Experts debate how scholarly publishing is going to have to change
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New and noteworthy – 12 November 2015
From the University of Chicago to ancient Rome via the ‘palaeo diet’ and China’s Three Gorges Dam: new academic books worth adding to your reading list
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Social Class in the 21st Century, by Mike Savage, Niall Cunningham, Fiona Devine et al
The responses to a UK-wide survey show how life chances are diverging, argues Danny Dorling
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Academia is keeping up with the Kardashians
A ‘Kimposium’ will explore what the fascination with the Kardashians tells us
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Free and easy? DIY universities
Martin Levy says Allen Krebs’ misadventures in the 1960s offer a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of setting up their own campus
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Employability: which university is doing the best by its students?
The Global Employability University Survey reveals where to study to get a job
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National Student Survey: leading institutions ‘relaxed’ while lower-ranked chase improvement
QAA study also suggests that academics see the NSS as a poor measure of teaching quality
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Higher education Green Paper could mean ‘more than 1,000’ universities in England
A. C. Grayling says private college plans offer ‘greater choice and improved quality’Â
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Higher education Green Paper: government support for higher, variable fees ‘crystal clear’
TEF seen as paving the way to a market in price by a supporter of differential fees
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The week in higher education - 12 November 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press