The week in books
How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells by Lewis Wolpert, professor of biology as applied to medicine, department of anatomy and developmental biology, University College London. Faber...
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Al-Qaeda Goes to College
Anthony Glees says this book fails to consider the threat to academia posed by terrorism's side effects
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Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America
Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America. By Kathleen M. Brown. Yale University Press, 448pp, £25.00. ISBN 9780300106183. Published 3 February 2009
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, London WC1
1. A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter Harvard Business School Publishing, £14.99 ISBN 97814221797102. Tort Law, Second Edition by Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski Pearson Education, £10.99 ISBN...
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Splendors and Miseries of the Brain: Love, Creativity, and the Quest for Human Happiness
Prashanth A K admires the exuberance of this ambitious study, but not its central thesis
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- Style and Function in Roman Decoration: Living with Objects and InteriorsBy Ellen Swift, head of classical and archaeological studies, University of Kent....
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaDung dearth thwarts DNA huntA lack of fossilised dung is hindering the efforts of a researcher to identify the DNA of ancient animals. Since 2005, Alan Cooper, director of the University of...
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Overseas outposts must follow home rules, union leaders say
Universities told to uphold rights on their campuses in Middle East and East Asia. Jon Marcus writes
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Urban planner
Despite striving to future-proof the UK's cities, Katie Williams admits to a weakness for the bling of Las Vegas
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Appointments
A former research fellow at Heriot-Watt University will return to the institution next month to take up the post of deputy principal (research and knowledge transfer). Alan Miller will rejoin from...
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Plan for 20 centres attacked as model campus faces cuts
Critics question viability of University Challenge in light of restructuring, writes Melanie Newman
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Deian Hopkin marks retirement
Deian Hopkin marked his retirement from London South Bank University with a shuffle and a bop, playing his way out on the piano.Accompanied by leading jazz musicians, the vice-chancellor played an...
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Scots fee debate is a 'non-starter'
Universities Scotland chief to argue it is 'futile' to consider move in downturn, writes Hannah Fearn
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News in brief
Emissions reductionTrio lands £10m for green plansThree institutions have taken the lion's share of funding distributed to universities to help reduce carbon emissions. More than a third of a £25...
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University of Central Lancashire - A smell to beat Hellraiser
Scary films can be made more bearable for women by the smell of lavender, a study at the University of Central Lancashire has found. Female participants were found to be more relaxed when they took a...