Letters
Counterpoints to the 10 point presentationMost of Tara Brabazon鈥檚 10 tips for PhD students (11聽July) are sound advice, but the headline 鈥10 truths a supervisor will never tell you鈥 is unfair. 鈥10...
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The way we were
In just over half a century, the cohort entering higher education has risen from under 5 per cent to nearly 50 per cent of the UK鹿s young people, changing the face of the academy for ever. Five...
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Many call, few are chosen
Ivy League institutions employ an array of tactics to 鈥榗raft鈥 diverse student intakes. But how fair is their system, and should it be adopted in the UK as some have suggested? Jon Marcus investigates
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Shrew observations
Tragedy, comedy, genial farce? The challenge of how to present Katherina鈥檚 submission has left its mark on three recent Shrews at the Globe, and thereby hangs a tale, Liz Schafer observes
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Laurie Taylor
Must try harder鈥淚t is very disappointing news for all those who care about the future of university administration going forward.鈥漈hat was the reaction of Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate...
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Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, by Daniel C. Dennett
Constantine Sandis on Darwin鈥檚 dangerous ideas man
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Crowdsourcing, by Daren C. Brabham
John Gilbey on a stimulating discussion of the definition of a widely used term
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Pleasure principles
Gary Day delights in a critique that sweeps aside the perceived gulf between 鈥榟igh鈥 and 鈥榣ow鈥 culture
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Read it, don鈥檛 weep
Felicity James toasts an ideal introduction to critical analysis and a subtle reader鈥檚 skills
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Ghosts in the machines
Angela Vanhaelen on the fascination and fear aroused by 18th-century mechanical figures
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Ofsted gives poor marks
Universities may lose places over reported falls in teacher training standards. John Morgan writes
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Novel Science: Fiction and the Invention of Nineteenth Century Geology, by Adelene Buckland
Euan Clarkson discusses a scientific discipline鈥檚 literary foundations
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Roman Fever: Influence, Infection, and the Image of Rome, 1700-1870, by Richard Wrigley
Richard Bosworth on the 鈥榖ad air鈥 of Rome and how it influenced artists and travellers
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The week in higher education - 25 July 2013
Universities and science minister David Willetts faces a long summer of uncertainty after David Cameron postponed a聽planned reshuffle that many observers predicted would see his two brains swapped...