Q&A with Ruby Wax
We talk to the newly appointed visiting professor at the University of Surrey
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Quality assurance and TEF should be ‘one system’, says Hefce head
Madeleine Atkins calls for ‘alignment and synergy’ between assessment regimes
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The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy, by Daniel Bell
An argument for a ruling elite based on exams leaves Jonathan Mirsky feeling puzzled
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Yanks and Limeys: Alliance Warfare in the Second World War, by Niall Barr
A. W. Purdue on the conflicting interests of the Americans and British
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Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth, by Alison Assiter
Danielle Sands welcomes a focus on a life stage that has been largely neglected by philosophers
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Essay-writing tips for students are all at sea
Staffordshire lecturer’s illustrated activity book introduces students to research techniques
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Southampton Solent to validate £18K New College of the Humanities degrees
A. C. Grayling’s ‘Oxbridge-style’ private college strikes agreement with post-92 institution
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Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress, by Jane Ridley
Easy lay the head that wore the crown, despite maternal meddling, says Ruth Richardson
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Sexuality in Role-Playing Games, by Ashley M. L. Brown
Trudy Barber salutes the scholarly insights gained without recourse to her inner hobbit (not a euphemism)
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Loneliness and its Opposite: Sex, Disability, and the Ethics of Engagement, by Don Kulick and Jens Rydström
A powerful book offers profound guidance to navigating a political and ethical minefield, writes E. Stina Lyon
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The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution, by Ian Tattersall
Simon Underdown on our origin story’s twists, turns and red herrings
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What are you reading? – 30 July 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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What purpose do campus art collections serve?
Are such treasures art for art’s sake, v-cs’ follies or vital assets that further institutional missions?
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Is ‘risk-based’ quality assurance too risky?
The big game-changer ahead may not be plans to ‘root out bad teaching’ via a TEF, but a shift to light-touch quality assessment