What are you reading? – 7 February 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy, by Julian Baggini
Lloyd Strickland welcomes an entertaining journey through non-Western philosophies
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Robot Rights, by David J. Gunkel
It’s not too soon to consider the rights of machines, and this timely book offers a clear way to do just that, says Kate Devlin
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New and noteworthy – 7 February 2019
A history of baby-making and an exploration of childlessness; the aura of the Arctic; occupied Paris; and heavenly bodies
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The Office for Students is exercising power but not rigour
England’s fledgling university regulator is in too much of a hurry to make an impact and curry favour with ministers, says Gill Evans
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Glamorised study halls do not need an army of librarians
The rise of electronic publishing has left many academic librarians underemployed and overpaid, says Jeffrey Beall
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Queensland union members reject ‘Western civilisation’ courses
Ramsay Centre proposal ‘crosses red lines’, says union
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US postgraduate courses lose foreign students for second year
Foreign applications down 4 per cent, enrolments drop 1 per cent in ‘troubling’ sign for graduate schools
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Academic family trees: valuable insights or vanity project?
Researchers who trace links between academic supervisors and students claim that it can help to shed light on the nature of mentoring
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Frank Reynolds, 1930-2019
Tributes paid to Chicago authority on Buddhism
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Interview with Larry Hedges
The meta-analysis guru talks about the tyranny of low expectations, swimming upstream and the knowledge that an educated citizen needs
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Facebook-funded AI ethics institute faces independence questions
New £5.7 million institute at the Technical University of Munich triggers ‘ethics washing’ debate
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Chris Skidmore: don’t put a lid on university access
English minister says he opposes minimum grade thresholds for university entry and does not believe there is a ‘creeping culture of censorship’ on campus
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Making her mark: women, clothing and the academy
Matthew Reisz describes talking to Jordanian molecular biologist Rana Dajani about body image, the West’s view of the East and breaking into science’s big league