Literature round-up
The Eighteenth-Century Literature HandbookEditors: Gary Day and Bridget KeeganEdition: FirstPublisher: ContinuumPages: 2Price: £60.00 and £17.99ISBN 9780826495228 and 5235The impressive list of...
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Student review: An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
Authors: Andrew Bennett and Nicholas RoyleEdition: FourthPublisher: Pearson LongmanPages: 392Price: £14.99ISBN 9781405859141For many a fledgeling undergraduate literature student, the prospect of...
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World War II: A New History
Author: Evan MawdsleyEdition: FirstPublisher: Cambridge University PressPages: 498Price: £50.00 and £16.99ISBN 9780521845922 and 1608435Was the Second World War really a world war - and when and...
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Student review: A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present
Author: Ellis WassonEdition: FirstPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPages: 424Price: £55.00 and £22.99ISBN 9781405139359 and 9366Scholars of modern British history are faced with an ever-expanding number of...
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Ordinary Genomes: Science, Citizenship and Genetic Identities
Author: Karen-Sue TaussigEdition: FirstPublisher: Duke University PressPages: 264Price: £60.00 and £14.99ISBN 9780822345169 and 5343This is a book written by an anthropologist about genetics and...
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Student review: Life: The Science of Biology
Authors: David Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller and May R. BerenbaumEdition: NinthPublisher: Sinauer Associates and W.H. Freeman and CompanyPages: 1,121Price: £49.99ISBN 9781429254311Given...
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Bioscience round-up
Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary ApproachAuthor: John AlcockEdition: NinthPublisher: Sinauer AssociatesPages: 546Price: £45.99ISBN 9780878932252Alcock's best-selling text provides a balanced view of...
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The Politics of Global Regulation
Editors: Walter Mattli and Ngaire WoodsEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 312Price: £44.95 and £16.95ISBN 9780691139609 and 9616It is commonplace for reviewers to talk about...
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In knowledge terms, power is critical
While delighted to see critical thinking covered by Linda Elder's article "Reason to live" (18 February), I take issue with some of her assumptions. She offers a rather reductionist view of thinking...
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Running to stand still
Amanda Goodall states that the core business of a university is research and teaching ("Raise your game", 18 February), but a news story covering a conference address by John Haldane is headlined: "...
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Cats and dogs
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's diatribe against cats and their owners appears to employ similar arguments to those advanced in John Haldane's diatribe against researchers: both assume an "either/or"...
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Publish, publish, publish
Times Higher Education recently noted that the University of Central Lancashire spent more than £80,000 trying to prevent its homeopathy course material from being exposed ("Hush money", 18 February...
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Brand aids
Within hours of online publication, the article "'Frankensite' monsters loom as universities lose control of content" (18 February) had attracted a score of impassioned comments concerning the...
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Caveat opportunists
John Curry poses an interesting question about the future of higher education in further education (Letters, 18 February). Undoubtedly, some universities will question the future of such partnerships...
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Critical interpretation
"How high? 'Reasonable number' would accept fees hike" (11 February) raised valid points about tuition-fee levels. However, there was some debatable interpretation of the survey results featured that...