Modern Conspiracy: The Importance of Being Paranoid, by Emma A. Jane and Chris Fleming
Rachel Hoffman on a reconceptualisation of conspiracy theory and its role in the modern world
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Play Matters, by Miguel Sicart
Steve Redhead on a discussion of play as a means of interacting with the world around us
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Zombies and Calculus, by Colin Adams
Maths problems are given an unusual twist when the living dead invade, says Noel-Ann Bradshaw
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University Fundraising in Britain: A Transatlantic Partnership, by William Squire
Dale Cooper on the methods of philanthropy in universities and how the UK has learned from the US tradition
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The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb, by Stanley Plumly
Shahidha Bari on a notorious meeting of three of the great Romantics and the almost-forgotten figure who brought them together
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What about Mozart? What about Murder?: Reasoning from Cases, by Howard Becker
Now in his ninth decade, sociologist Howard Becker has produced a classic, writes Les Gofton
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The Struggle For Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics, by Ayesha Jalal
Farzana Shaikh on a retread of a historian’s former work on Pakistan
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Father and Daughter: Patriarchy, Gender and Social Science, by Ann Oakley
E. Stina Lyon admires a hybrid of personal memoir and post-war English social history
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Points mean prizes
“Please don’t compare Poppleton with other universities.”That was the vigorous response of Louise Bimpson to suggestions that the Metrics system of Academic Staff Evaluation (MASE) at our university...
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UK ‘privileged partner’ for Science Without Borders
Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro on plans to extend Brazil’s international mobility scheme to 100,000 more students
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More postdocs, more data skills top biology sector wish list
Early results of 2014 vulnerable skills survey by BBSRC and MRC highlight concerns and importance of multidisciplinarity
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Temporary twinroom solution for extra first years
Almost 100 freshers put in temporary accommodation after student numbers cap is raised
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How to choose the right journal for your paper
Expert’s top tips for picking the best place to be published, from reading your target title to taking rejection on the chin. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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World in brief - 23 October 2014
United StatesSpeech cancelled after death threatThe Canadian-American feminist writer Anita Sarkeesian cancelled a speech at Utah State University, scheduled for 15 October, after the institution...
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Post-referendum thoughts from Edinburgh
The ‘Yes’ vote of the heart was trumped by unanswered concerns about currency, pensions and university research, writes Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones