St Andrews finds ‘no evidence’ of improper links with Syrian state
The University of St Andrews has issued a robust response to a national newspaper’s allegation that it has inappropriate links to the Syrian regime.
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No surprise, and several big ones, as Canada’s Harper is re-elected
In an election outcome that surprised both political scientists and the public, Canada’s pro-business Conservative Party has formed a majority government for the first time since 1988.
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Funding reforms are ‘very dangerous’, parliamentary committee hears
The head of the Sutton Trust has told a cross-party group of MPs that the government’s higher education reforms are “totally out of line” with the rest of the world.
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Tara Brabazon: Seismic shocks to information infrastructures
Tragedies are worms that burrow deep into memories. We carry postcards from our past into the present, but when disaster strikes a city we know well, memories crumple, twist, decay and dissolve.In...
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Inside Higher Ed: Out of the Club
By Libby A. Nelson and Doug Lederman, for Inside Higher Ed
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Academy seeks cash and commitment as Canada heads to the poll
As Canada prepares for its fourth general election in seven years, its university sector is doing its utmost to ensure that higher education is a key priority for the main parties.
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Anthropologists arrested over ‘mock execution’ plans
Two academics said to have been planning an anti-monarchy mock execution at Westminster Abbey were arrested ahead of the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton in London.
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Price of progress: former minister defends Plymouth fees
A former higher education minister who is now leading a post-1992 university’s student experience strategy has defended the institution’s decision to charge tuition fees of £9,000 for the 2012-13...
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Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America
Lynne Segal is appalled by US experiences of the coming of age, but cheered by the hope of change
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The Big Society: The Anatomy of the New Politics
Too much rhetoric in the coalition's central tenet leaves Vernon Bogdanor worried for the future
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Pakistan: A Hard Country
This hefty volume, which offers a sweeping portrait of modern Pakistan, is a curious product. Couched in language sometimes reminiscent of the memoirs of a British district administrator under the...
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Why Does College Cost So Much?
A year ago, this book about the US higher education system might have been of little interest to UK academics, but how quickly things change. In the wake of the UK's recent funding review, the issues...
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Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920
Harvey Levenstein has sympathy for the diners in the battle of the cuisines in pre-Prohibition US
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Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast
Since its appearance in the south of France in the 1760s, the mysterious creature known as the Beast of the Gévaudan has been an object of lasting fascination not just for the general public, but for...
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Minding Movies: Observations on the Art, Craft, and Business of Filmmaking
David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson are both well-known film studies scholars who have written extensively on film aesthetics, film history and on the film industry. However, it is as the co-authors...