Looking for The Outsider: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic, by Alice Kaplan
Book of the week: Rachel Bowlby tracks the impact of a strange and foreign novel across languages and culture
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The week in higher education – 22 September 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The diverse spectrum of diversity
From decolonising curricula to ensuring right-wing viewpoints, calls for more representation and balance on campuses do not all share the same goals, says Tom Cutterham
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Can universities make the Canadian economy grow?
David Matthews reports from Canada on the Trudeau government’s plans to convert academic research into commercial gains
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Crusoe’s Island: A Rich and Curious History of Pirates, Castaways and Madness, by Andrew Lambert
Tales of marooned mariners helped Britain to see itself as a global power, A. W. Purdue hears
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Fashion, Faith and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe, by Roger Penrose
The eminent physicist plays a valuable role as provocateur, challenging those in his field to defend and hone their theories, says Marcus Chown
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New and noteworthy – 22 September 2016
Tomes deserving of your time include our island story in art, rescuing religion from jihadis and Islamophobes, going to town on an egg and a veritable word-fest
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The Dictator’s Dilemma: The Chinese Communist Party’s Strategy for Survival, by Bruce J. Dickson
Money buys compliance, and a few shots of Confucianism help too, says Jonathan Mirsky
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What are you reading? – 22 September 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination, by Jack Hamilton
Emma Rees is happily lost in a Sixties’ soundscape but wonders why there are so few female artists
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Laurie Taylor – 22 September 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Economic impact of research at UK, US and Japanese universities
This graph compares how UK, US and Japanese universities perform on measures of the economic impact of their research
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Grant winners – 22 September 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Master Plan 2.0: still hope for the California dream
Via fiscal reform, income-linked loans and four-year places, a famed higher education system can be saved, says Simon Marginson