Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing, by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum
New technology has changed how we approach the act of writing, finds John Gilbey
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Staged Seduction: Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club, by Akiko Takeyama
Joy Hendry on an after-dark fantasy land of Prince Charmings and their female customers
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Saving the Media: Capitalism, Crowdfunding, and Democracy, by Julia Cagé
References to the university sector abound in an informative and lively study, says Gillian Youngs
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Books interview: Onora O'Neill
The author of Justice Across Boundaries: Whose Obligations? on Swallows and Amazons, W.B. Yeats and reading Henry Kissinger and Immanuel Kant
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The week in higher education – 26 May 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity, by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott
A guide to ‘happy ever after’ assumes an affluence enjoyed by the girl in Pulp’s hit, says Danny Dorling
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Chinese student market: can the West weather a perfect storm?
David Matthews considers a flurry of ‘threats’ to the conveyor belt of arrivals and what Western campuses can do to shockproof their systems
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The 10 commandments for influencing policymakers
Nick Hillman offers academics advice on managing expectations and ensuring that their research has a big impact
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Innovation nation: Hong Kong’s eyes on the future
Energy, ingenuity and international outlook make HK a fertile territory for success, says Peter Mathieson
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Proof needed for new entrants
We support Jo Johnson’s aspirations, set out in the White Paper, to create a more diverse higher education sector. However, we have some concerns about the proposal to allow new entrants to the...
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Teaching standards
The recent White Paper talks much of “teaching excellence” and how this can be measured using “core metrics”. The accompanying Green Paper considers in more detail what is meant by “teaching...
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Honour yet
I have had a lot of sympathy for Fred Inglis’ sharp criticisms of the grim reality of current academic life and practices; however, I found his piece “The lost honour of the life of the mind” deeply...
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Actions belie words
Among the values espoused in London Metropolitan University’s strategic plan are those of openness and accountability. The fact that management have wheeled out an anonymous spokesman to deny that...