Classical Taylorism
When Laurie Taylor is toppling academe’s totems and fads, it looks easy, but then a little phrase catches the light and you realise that the brilliance is in the detail. His recent throwaway line – “...
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Oxbridge sticks and stones
One usually associates the University of Oxford with rigorous yet polite debate, but “Applied mythology” (11 July), Edward Hicks’ response to my letter on Oxbridge admissions, suggests otherwise.I...
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R&D freeze cuts no ice
Public investment in UK higher education research is crucial to the academy maintaining its world-class status. As your graph shows (“Who greases the wheels of research? Funding for UK higher...
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Input, not imperium
In a recent letter (18 July), I suggested that the Robbins report led to a mistake because the number of UK university places was driven by student demand rather than economic need. Paul Temple...
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‘Enemy within’ returns Inglis’ unfriendly fire
Thank you, Fred Inglis, for jolting me out of my false consciousness (“Incinerated by the branding iron”, 18 July). We can all agree that university branding often seems flaky, while managerialism...
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Humanities crisis? Which humanities crisis?
A sense of impending doom is nothing new in higher education, says Alan Ryan
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Paris Intense: The Nabis – from Bonnard to Vallotton
Christoph Bode reflects on a Munich exhibition of artists who rejected representation in favour of an emphasis on materiality
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First things first
“I have every sympathy with the University of Surrey’s desperate attempts to increase the number of its students with top‑class degrees.”That was the supportive response of Dr K. T. Rounding Upwards...
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Megan Crawford, Clare Debenham, David Kennedy, E. Stina Lyon and June Purvis...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights, by John Gerard Ruggie
An exercise in persuasion by an expert in corporate responsibility is a must-read for Aurora Voiculescu
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Why Europe Matters: The Case for the European Union, by John McCormick
Roger Morgan welcomes a book that tackles ignorance, dispels confusion and inspires appreciation about the EU
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Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis, by Nancy Fraser
Gwendolyn Beetham on a collection of essays that remind us that an alternative to global capitalism’s inequality is badly needed
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Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women’s Shelters and Hospitals, by Lori A. Brown
Annmarie Adams on the architecture of buildings with ‘controversial’ uses
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Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination, by May Joseph
Laurence Coupe celebrates efforts to rethink urban spaces to give them an ecological dimension
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The Lost Art of Finding Our Way, by John Edward Huth
Robert J. Mayhew on how people need to recover their ability to find their way without using technology