A Tour of Bones: Facing Fear and Looking for Life, by Denise Inge
David Salter is moved by reflections on changing attitudes to mortality across cultures and time
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Virtuous Violence: Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships, by Alan Page Fiske and Tage Shakti Rai
Chris Knight on a theory that an excess of morality is the cause of most violence and conflict today
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The Innovator’s Hypothesis: How Cheap Experiments Are Worth More than Good Ideas, by Michael Schrage
Elizabeth Chell on a common-sense guide to managing innovation in businesses
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The Computing Universe: A Journey through a Revolution, by Tony Hey and Gyuri Pápay
John Gilbey on an ambitious and comprehensive look at the changing world of computers
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Technologies of Sexiness: Sex, Identity, and Consumer Culture, by Adrienne Evans and Sarah Riley
Emma Rees on the difficulties of defining and exploring women’s sexual subjectivities in the 21st century
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Britannia Obscura: Mapping Hidden Britain, by Joanne Parker
Philip Hoare on an alternative look at Britain - from hidden canal systems to ancient energy circuits
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REF questions: could we do it for a fiver?
All congratulations to the research excellence framework winners of course, but the cost (human and financial) of the whole exercise has been questioned by many.The article “The (predicted) results...
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Postgrad study: more than loans are needed
Academic staff must do more to address inequality of access to taught master’s and doctoral degrees, say Sally Hancock and Paul Wakeling
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New year’s resolutions – for others to keep
Imagine having the power to direct higher education leaders, scholars or policymakers to take - and stick to - a new approach in 2015
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The madness of King’s
You report on your website that King’s College London is planning to change its name to “King’s London” (“King’s London rebrand plan sparks uproar”, News, timeshighereducation.co.uk, 16 December).I...
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Pitfalls to avoid when teaching online courses via a campus platform
Remember that everyone is watching your online lectures
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It wasn’t all nasty, brutish and short
Anglo-Saxons did not use the four-letter profanities we credit them with, says Kate Wiles
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Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness, by Nathaniel Tkacz
Paul Bernal admires an analysis of the sanctified ‘neutrality’ of the encyclopedia we all love to hate
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Signs of pay restraint among Russell Group ‘fat cats’
Average v-c salary up by a modest £3,100 as scholar suggests ministers’ plea for pay restraint has worked
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Who are you? Four identities among doctoral scientists
The traditional view of the PhD student as an ‘academic apprentice’ is challenged by a study