From where I sit: Noble quest for knowledge
How do you become an academic and a scholar? Usually, those who aim to research and teach are privileged with a formal education and spend their lives in academia. It is virtually impossible to come...
How do you become an academic and a scholar? Usually, those who aim to research and teach are privileged with a formal education and spend their lives in academia. It is virtually impossible to come...

Martin Bayly appreciates a timely celebration of Afghan art that allows the country's rich history to speak for itself
Kenneth Baker calls on universities to seek financial independence from the state, and for the state to handle a precious asset with care

Matthew Reisz talks to the movers and shakers of the past 40 years who made Times Higher Education what it is today

Kerry Brown on a sobering snapshot of a ravenous giant whose new prosperity could bring global tragedy
Author: Christiane Harzi and Dirk Hoerder with Donna GabacciaEdition: FirstPublisher: Polity PressPages: 181Price: £55.00 and £13.99ISBN: 9780745643366This short book aims to provide a comprehensive...
Washington University in St LouisR. Marie GriffithA pioneer of the study of modern evangelical women who described her work as "bridging thorny divides" has been named director of the John C....
Mike Petterson's geological expertise has seen him travel the world, but perhaps his greatest eureka moments have come in Afghanistan, amid his efforts to help rebuild a shattered country
ARTS AND DESIGNFado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the CityBy Richard Elliott, teacher, International Centre for Music Studies, Newcastle University. Ashgate, £55.00. ISBN...
Modernist Literature 1890-1950: Texts, Contexts, Connections (York Notes Companions)Author: Gary DayEdition: FirstPublisher: Pearson EducationPages: 352Price: £10.99ISBN 9781408204764Via a...
Driven by its stated mission to pursue internationalisation via a socially progressive path, the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (Alba) is quietly expanding its alternative vision of higher...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Author: Paul De GrauweEdition: EighthPublisher: Oxford University PressPages: 304Price: £35.99ISBN 9780199563234The euro, the principal focus of this book, is one of the greatest economic experiments...
ENGINEERINGBecoming an Engineer in Public Universities: Pathways for Women and MinoritiesEdited by Kathryn M. Borman, professor of anthropology, University of South Florida; Rhoda H. Halperin,...
University of HuddersfieldBarbara ConwayA former community pharmacist, Barbara Conway, is to use her years of expertise to set up new courses for pharmacy students in Huddersfield.She joins the...