Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought, by Barbara Tversky
Constantine Sandis praises a bold account of how our thought is inextricably bound up with our interactions with the world
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The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal, by Martha C. Nussbaum
Lior Erez is largely impressed by an attempt to adapt the ancient ideals of cosmopolitanism to the challenges of today
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Lost in the blizzard: students of Generation Z
Are today’s students really self-absorbed snowflakes or are lecturers merely experiencing the other side of the intergenerational perspective?
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What are you reading? – 29 August 2019
A fortnightly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Hitler: Only the World Was Enough, by Brendan Simms
Robert Gellately is unconvinced by the emphases in a new interpretation of Hitler’s life and career
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The Book of Minor Perverts: Sexology, Etiology, and the Emergences of Sexuality, by Benjamin Kahan
Barry Reay assesses a book charting the complexities of the history of sexuality
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Careers intelligence: how to support international student mental health
Universities need to be able to support the needs of overseas learners, but should not regard them as being completely different from domestic recruits, say experts
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Ann Moyal, 1926-2019
Tributes paid to tireless independent scholar who wrote two outspoken memoirs as well as some classic studies of the history of science
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Interview with Naomi Oreskes
The author of Merchants of Doubt on dealing with climate change deniers, pursuing your passions and the importance of a walk outside, preferably with a dog
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Contribution of lay governors to universities ‘very mixed’
Professor warns scholars’ sense of disempowerment could ‘come to be reflected in the academic product’
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Not enough Africa in African studies course, say graduates
Former UCL students complain about ‘Eurocentric’ curriculum
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Labour support among UK students nearly halves in 18 months
Exclusive survey of student voting intentions for ߣߣÊÓƵ suggests party is suffering from Brexit stance, mirroring national picture
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The week in higher education – 29 August 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Teaching Generation Z: a biting blizzard or a breath of fresh air?
The current generation of students often come under fire for supposedly being excessively brittle and demanding. But does the reality bear that out, and what are the teaching techniques to which they...