When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World
Gregory Kent says an important study on the growing power of modern China is incomplete
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Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate
With this witty and polemical book, Terry Eagleton finally fulfils the promise of his early years as a left-wing Catholic. Here at last is his defence of Christianity as a radical movement comparable...
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The Canon: Speculum of the Other Woman. By Luce Irigaray
When the weekly series The Canon began in April 2009, the question was posed: is there a "baggy monster" of a book that has opened up new ways of thinking and come to count as a classic in your...
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My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture
A look at copyright crime from the student point of view is a refreshing change, says Kim Louise Walden
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Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood
We all have one or two of them, or at least most of us do - books that made us readers, if not bibliophiles. Some are books to be proclaimed proudly in conversation - Hans Christian Andersen's...
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Postfemininities in Popular Culture
We discover how old we are when the people we read in our youth are rediscovered by a subsequent generation. The renewed interest in figures such as Shulamith Firestone and Kate Millett is a theme of...
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A Radical History of Britain: Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries - The Men and Women Who Fought For Our Freedoms
A.W. Purdue enjoys this well-told tale, but isn't convinced that riots brought about social change
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingGEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES- ? The Handbook of Sustainability LiteracyEdited by Arran Stibbe, senior lecturer in the department of humanities, University of...
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'You want jobsworths? Then pay us what the job's worth'
Liverpool Hope's nine-to-five plans prompt debate about academics' working lives, writes Ciaran Jones
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News in brief
CorruptionTuition fee bribes for foreign workThe City of London Police has uncovered evidence that British firms are paying foreign students' tuition fees to win international contracts. The force's...
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Union fights for campus crèches
Unison prepares campaign to reverse planned closures of nurseries. Hannah Fearn reports
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Original features
The University of Sunderland's CitySpace, which opens next week, was designed by architects FaulknerBrowns to act as the focal point for all non-academic aspects of campus life: sport, socialising...
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Librarians desperate for e-books as demand outstrips supply, Jisc finds
Study also shows that provision does not affect sales of printed texts. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Lights, camera, Salford: v-c set for MediaCity challenge
Martin Hall is excited by the university's role in the 'media hub' of the North. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Global? Not remotely
Universities in the US and the UK want to dominate, not collaborate with, other countries, argues Andy Kirkpatrick