After Django: Making Jazz in Postwar France, by Tom Perchard
Les Gofton on a compelling study of a musical subculture
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The First World War, by A. W. Purdue
An overview of the action in Europe also examines present-day attitudes towards the conflict, says Niamh Gallagher
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The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being, by William Davies
Kathryn Ecclestone on a study examining the underside of the new fixation on inner feelings
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Gladstone’s Library: a retreat for readers and writers
The vibrant residential library founded on the bequest of the former prime minister can be both productive and restorative, finds Emma Rees
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Experts on election rules to prevent hung Parliament hiccups
Academics working with the media and government discuss current misconceptions
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Arizona State’s Mooc to offer enough credit to complete first year
University is pairing with edX in a move that has been described as ‘good for nobody’
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7 May 2015
Political jump-starts – Scholars discuss what can be done to improve the state of British politics
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Robert Pritchard, 1930-2015
An eminent geneticist who ran the department where DNA fingerprinting was discovered has died
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Q&A with Noel Fitzpatrick
We speak to the star of Channel 4’s The Supervet and clinical chair and chief surgeon at Fitzpatrick Referrals
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World in brief – 7 May 2015
Source: AlamyUnited StatesNo funding, no findingsA report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has highlighted some of the opportunities for scientific research missed by US organisations,...
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Germany’s no-holds-barred title race
The desire to have and to flaunt academic credentials can lead to questionable behaviour from individuals and universities both, says Brian Bloch
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News in brief – 7 May 2015
Times Higher Education AwardsSubmit your entries by 24 June 2015Entries are now being welcomed from universities across the UK for the 11th Times Higher Education Awards. Institutions, departments...
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Grant winners – 7 May 2015
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsHumanitiesAward winner: Chris GosdenInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £223,595European Celtic art in context: exploring Celtic art and its Eastern...
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The great don deficit
Laurie Taylor's weekly bulletin from the University of Poppleton
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The week in higher education – 7 May 2015
Higher education returned to the general election campaign in the final days before voting. Labour’s promise to cut tuition fees to £6,000 was not one of the promises etched in the party’s 8ft-high “...