Modern Introductory Physics
Authors: Charles H. Holbrow, James N. Lloyd, Joseph C. Amato, Enrique Galvez and M. Elizabeth ParksEdition: SecondPublisher: SpringerPages: 658Price: £62.99ISBN 9780387790794Studying physics can seem...
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Student Review: The Universe: A Challenge to the Mind
Author: Jacques VanierEdition: FirstPublisher: Imperial College PressPages: 532Price: £74.00 and £33.00ISBN 9781848166028 and 6011At first glance, this textbook would seem to cover cosmology or...
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Student Review: 1089 and All That: A Journey Into Mathematics
Author: David AchesonEdition: SecondPublisher: Oxford University PressPages: 184Price: £8.99ISBN 9780199590025The author was first impressed by mathematics as a child, when he discovered a simple...
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Creative Approaches in Dementia Care
Editors: Hilary Lee and Trevor AdamsEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 280Price: £18.99ISBN 9780230231658The title alone is enough to make you want to pick this book up for a browse....
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Student Review: Introductory Pathophysiology for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals
Authors: Mark Zelman, Elaine Tompary, Jill Raymond, Paul Holdaway, Mary Lou Mulvihill, Martin Steggall and Maria DingleEdition: FirstPublisher: Pearson EducationPages: 496Price: £29.99ISBN...
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Human Enhancement
Editors: Julian Savulescu and Nick BostromPublisher: Oxford University PressEdition: FirstPages: 432Price: £44.00 and £19.99ISBN 9780199299720 and 9594962Who wouldn't want for themselves, or for...
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Student Review: Moral Psychology: Historical and Contemporary Readings
Editors: Thomas Nadelhoffer, Eddy Nahmias and Shaun NicholsEdition: FirstPublisher: John Wiley & SonsPages: 400Price: £60.00 and £21.99ISBN 9781405190206 and 0190In these times of ever-greater...
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A Good Book, In Theory: Making Sense Through Inquiry
Authors: Alan Sears and James CairnsEdition: Second revisedPublisher: University of Toronto PressPages: 206Price: £16.00ISBN 9781442601567Hooray for a text that, rather than treating the teaching of...
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Student Review: Gender and Sexuality: Sociological Approaches
Authors: Momin Rahman and Stevi JacksonEdition: FirstPublisher: Polity PressPages: 200Price: £50.00 and £15.99ISBN 9780745633763 and 3770Here, Momin Rahman and Stevi Jackson engage with many of the...
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No time for short cuts
Kevin Fong gives the revision lecture that his students need but don’t want
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'We cannot be certain about every step. But the journey will be worthwhile'
The coalition has angered many in higher education by raising the fees cap, cutting grants, making market reforms - and that's all before its White Paper. Here, David Willetts explains its rationale...
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Docked tales
With not only Bleak House but even Peter Rabbit seemingly too long for a texting, tweeting, attention-deficit generation, Valerie Sanders scans her shelves for a lightweight literary canon and asks:...
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Policy debate needs considered questions (1 of 4)
We need constructive discussion of ways to get government higher education policy out of its current muddle ("Fears that Willetts' hellish week may leave debate in limbo", 19 May). However, it would...
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Policy debate needs considered questions (2 of 4)
It is time for the government to be more bold about university fees. British students who have benefited from private education should perhaps be charged non-European Union fee rates. In some of...
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Policy debate needs considered questions (3 of 4)
For once, I find myself in disagreement with Ann Mroz ("Since when is debate a bad thing?", Leader, 19 May). While I agree that debate is something that should be protected against the "anti-...