God and the Multiverse: Humanity’s Expanding View of the Cosmos, by Victor J. Stenger
Virginia Trimble on a book that aims to explain the universe and its contents in terms of natural processes
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Making Make-Believe Real: Politics as Theater in Shakespeare’s Time, by Garry Wills
A look at theatre in the Elizabethan court indulges in some fantasies of its own, says Willy Maley
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The Newton Papers: The Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts, by Sarah Dry
Robyn Arianrhod on the complex and contradictory life of the greatest physicist of all time
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The Global Republic: America’s Inadvertent Rise to World Power, by Frank Ninkovich
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman on an intricate history of the role of America on the global stage
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Claire Fletcher-Flinn, Peter J. Smith, Eleonora Belfiore, R. C. Richardson and Uwe Schütte…
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The best bloc for a 21st-century education system?
Mike Cole ponders how to promote research culture and social democracy in Cambodia
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Maximise returns – go long
Universities know well the value of international students, but myopic politicians struggle to see past electoral expediency
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Q&A with Lord Puttnam
We speak to Lord Puttnam, the chair of Pearson College’s academic board
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USS reforms: income gap widens on redbrick v post-92 pensions
UCU warns that academics at older universities could be up to £21,000 a year worse off in retirement than those at newer institutions
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Poet joins professor in criticising University of Essex
Glyn Maxwell, whose departure follows Marina Warner’s exit, claims the importance of high-profile academics is ‘lost’ on Essex
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Liberal education: preparing students for life’s journey
With utilitarianism on the rise, we must reaffirm the value of the liberal arts, says Frank Furedi
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Interview: Hoarder or collector?
In his new book, Scott Herring aims to ‘depathologise’ hoarding. He talks to Matthew Reisz
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Graham Gibbs on teaching lecturers to teach
Could training schemes for teachers help to improve student learning? asks Graham Gibbs
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Glasgow ‘first university in Europe’ to divest from fossil fuel firms
The University of Glasgow has become the first university in Europe to commit to divesting from the fossil fuel industry, campaigners have said.
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QAA highlights private failures following Cable comments
Watchdog responds after business secretary’s ‘dross’ remark