West Bank balance
On 18 November, Brandeis University, a liberal arts college in Massachusetts that describes itself as the only non-sectarian Jewish-sponsored institution in the US, suspended its partnership with Al-...
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THE Scholarly Web - 2 January 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Q&A with Simon Marginson
We speak to the professor of international higher education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Rulan Chao Pian, 1922-2013
A leading academic expert on Chinese music has died
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The gift excellence framework
Kevin Fong’s method to raise present standards
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Sherlock Holmes: a very British superhero
The 21st-century reincarnation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation is our version of Superman, argues Fern Riddell
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Dennis Hayes, James Stevens Curl, Paul Greatrix, John Mathew and John Morton...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Eyes Wide Open: How To Make Smart Decisions In A Confusing World, by Noreena Hertz
Omar Malik concurs with the considered advice on decision-making but seeks more understanding about the process
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Sino-Japanese Relations After the Cold War: Two Tigers Sharing a Mountain, by Michael Yahuda
Jonathan Mirsky on the politics and economics of the relationship between rapidly developing China and stagnating Japan
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The Curve: From Freeloaders into Superfans: The Future of Business, by Nicholas Lovell
Finola Kerrigan is not convinced by a proposed new way of doing business
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Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men, by Horatio Clare
Philip Hoare on the global market’s manifest destiny
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50 Great Myths About Atheism, by Russell Blackford and Udo Schüklenk
Martin Cohen on a mishmash of well-intentioned ideas
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A Union Forever: The Irish Question and U.S. Foreign Relations in the Victorian Age, by David Sim
It was Civil War not Fenianism that prompted Anglo-American tensions, argues Donald M. MacRaild
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Reputational damage
The reckless pursuit of rank threatens the academy’s future, argues Roger Brown
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Informative stand-up guys
My claim that the lecture remains justifiably at the heart of university education is rejected by Graham Gibbs in his rather condescending appeal to authority, in which he compares me (along with...