PC persecution
The statement condemning the "bad science" of Satoshi Kanazawa, evolutionary psychologist and reader in the Institute of Management at the London School of Economics, is patently disingenuous ("...
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Trivial pursuit
I've never before - in 40-odd years of writing books - asked for the right of reply to a review, but I feel I have to in the case of James Stevens Curl's extraordinary notice of The Battle of the...
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Artificial flavour
Roger Brown offers a dystopian vision of the future of higher education in the light of forthcoming policy changes ("Quality street blues", 2 June). Many in the sector will share his pessimism.The...
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Hidden benefits
I understand Julia Swindells' frustration with anonymous reviews of manuscripts and grant proposals ("Critics, show yourselves", Letters, 2 June), but revealing the identity of reviewers would cause...
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Sally, united we stand: you know the rest (2 of 2)
Delegates at the UCU congress voted overwhelmingly for a motion to reject the European Union Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia's (EUMC) working definition of anti-Semitism, a set of...
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Film review: Soul Surfer
It's only the shark that Duncan Wu feels for in a self-righteous true-life tale of triumph over tragedy
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TV reviews: Euro 2012 Qualifier Live & Britain's Got Talent
If this is our best in sport and entertainment, mourns Gary Day, it doesn't engender national pride
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David Turnock, 1938-2011
Anyone roaming the halls of the geography department at the University of Leicester in the 1970s and 1980s would have been familiar with David Turnock and his Imperial typewriter; the sound of his...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
University of WarwickSee it, smell it, love itA trip to the zoo can form a vital part of a child's education about science and conservation, according to a study. Research conducted at London Zoo by...
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Odds and quads
These amulets form part of a collection held at the University of Michigan's Taubman Health Sciences Library.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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9 June 2011
Machines for loving - Meet your new best friend, carer and confidant
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Inside Higher Ed: Thank you for the scholarship
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
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Fresh flashpoint in New College backlash
The backlash against plans for a new £18,000-a-year college for the humanities intensified when protesters set off a flare during a talk by the institution’s founding master.