New and noteworthy – 12 January 2017
Timely lessons from the AV club; what’s on Dante’s mind; Europe’s research powerhouse; and stripteases and naked protests
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The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less), by David Bercovici
Cait MacPhee on a gallop through the history of the universe, the planets, life on Earth and more
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The People’s Money: How China Is Building a Global Currency, by Paola Subacchi
After years of suppressing the renminbi, China strives for a global currency, says Anna Watson
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The week in higher education – 12 January 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The Untold Story of the Talking Book, by Matthew Rubery
Hear all about it: René Wolf listens in for chapter and verse on the history and art of the audiobook
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Will some overseas students dump the US post-Trump?
Donald Trump’s election could prompt shifts in the world’s international student flows, some believe
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What are you reading? – 12 January 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews: Devotion to the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Norman England, by Kati Ihnat
Anti-Semitism was a key pillar of the carefully built cult of Marian worship, says Rachel Moss
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Saul Perlmutter: ‘scientific discoveries aren’t made to order’
Nobel prizewinning astrophysicist reflects on the perceptions and realities of how big breakthroughs are made
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Warning: conmen and shameless scholars operate in this area
James McCrostie was shocked to discover the extent of ‘predatory conferences’, but even more shocked by those abetting them
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Chinese scholars need US backing on human rights
China’s pressure on its academics to toe an ideological line will increase if Trump focuses only on business, says Tao Zhang
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Laurie Taylor – 12 January 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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There’s nothing virtual about VR experiences
Your recent feature about virtual reality in education (“Another dimension”, 5 January) doesn’t quite bring out what might be the most impactful characteristic of VR. Surely the point is that as far...
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Teaching’s rock
In asking “Is teaching in research universities actually research-led?” (Opinion, 22 December), Holly Else addresses some pertinent questions. However, she misses out two important considerations....