The Starry Sky Within: Astronomy and the Reach of the Mind in Victorian Literature, by Anna Henchman
Advice from an astronomer would have benefited this exploration of connections between two subjects, says Virginia Trimble
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Bottom Russellers unite!
In an extraordinary intervention, one of our leading radical academics, Ted Odgers of the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, has leapt to the defence of those lesser members of the Russell...
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The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic, by Jonathan Rottenberg
Joanne Dickson on innovative mental health approaches to the understanding and treatment of a global problem
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Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology Since Darwin, by Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny and Bob Montgomerie
Claire Spottiswoode on the history of modern ornithology and how it has contributed to our understanding of evolution
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Germany rethinks after rush to adopt Bologna reforms
Problems with the introduction of EU harmonised three-year degrees have led to a reassessment
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Habib Kazdaghli: honoured by Scholars at Risk
Dean from Tunisia’s Manouba University given Courage to Think Award
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Interrogating sources
In the matter of Zygmunt Bauman “rebuts plagiarism accusations” (“Do not confuse pedantry with scholarship”, 3 April), I stand with the accused. In an age when academics are electronically connected...
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Deconstructing Dignity: A Critique of the Right-to-Die Debate, by Scott Cutler Shershow
Sigrid Sterckx on a Derrida-inspired analysis of calculation, incalculability and ending life
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HEA future unclear as councils cut off the cash
Redundancy talks start as body prepares for loss of grant support by 2017
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Recruitment trends favour the selective
Universities with high tariffs gain most under new fees regime, Hefce finds
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Hefce looks at overseas links for research excellence
Willetts sees potential in tie-ups with ߣߣƵ, New Zealand and Hong Kong
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US academics rally to union standard
As lecturers in the UK prepare for the UCU’s marking boycott, US campuses are experiencing a surge of unionisation
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THE Scholarly Web - 10 April 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Graduates will be paying well into their fifties
Under new system, average repayments will double, IFS finds
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There’s still no such thing as a higher education market
Years after Thatcher, says Simon Marginson, commerce is marginal to the sector. True competition would destroy its essence