Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers, by Costica Bradatan
Amy Whitworth on a rich examination of philosophers’ ultimate sacrifice
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Fatherhood and the British Working Class, 1865-1914, by Julie-Marie Strange
Clare Griffiths on a well-researched book that reappraises the role of fathers in social history
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The World Beyond Your Head: How to Flourish in an Age of Distraction, by Matthew Crawford
The idea that there is too much going on in our lives is itself full of complexities, says Mary Evans
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Bruno: Conversations with a Brazilian Drug Dealer, by Robert Gay
Dick Hobbs on a study of a career criminal that demystifies gangs and a society that has tried to marginalise them
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The Rise and Decline of Faculty Governance: Professionalization and the Modern American University, by Larry G. Gerber
David Palfreyman on the effect that the forces of marketisation have had power dynamics within academia
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Defying gravitas
The Poppletonian revisits the question of tone of voice but fails to add gravitas to the discussion (“Nothing to laugh about!”, 16 April). Going forward and beyond tone of voice will be designated by...
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Practical philosophy
A number of universities would like to make the accomplishments of female philosophers not only more widely known but also elevated to “role model status” to help to resolve a gender crisis in the...
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Local knowledge transfer
It is interesting that students at universities in the US are working as consultants for businesses (“Cut-price advice from campuses”, News, 16 April). I run a group called the Kent IT Consultancy (...
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More field promotion
In the midst of rapid environmental change and dwindling habitats, there is an increasing need for identifying wild species in the field, and these skills are under-represented in modern biology...
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The personal pitch
As a constituent in Oxford West and Abingdon, I was interested in the review by Danny Dorling of Emma Crewe’s The House of Commons: An Anthropology of MPs at Work (Books, 16 April).I didn’t vote for...
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For the greater good
The letter to the Irish Times signed by more than 900 scientists that warns of the costs of focusing research funds on business-led priorities is a commendable initiative (“Irish science ‘apartheid’...
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Fear of the light
Cable Green, director of global learning at Creative Commons, says that spending public money on higher education resources that cannot be shared openly borders on being “immoral and unethical” (“...
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Fundamental support
The article by a lecturer about not disclosing her mental illness was excellent (“Illness: I keep mine hidden”, Opinion, 16 April). I find it a privilege to do interesting research and to have the...
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Hate the sin, not the sinner
It’s good to see Nick Hillman of the Higher Education Policy Institute responding to my letter (“It’s not pure open access or bust”, Letters, 16 April). But it’s a shame that his response is so...
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Fair representation
Recent research reported in ߣߣƵ shows that the students’ union “officer class” is lacking in diversity (“The student officer class still stands too far apart”, News, 16 April). But...