Don’t let fees billy boil over
We must heed warnings in Hepi’s academic experience survey before following Australia’s lead and abolishing tuition fee caps
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Lawrence Black, Mary Evans, Paul Greatrix, Vanessa Pupavac and R. C. Richardson...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives, 1915-1965, Tate St Ives
Fiona Hackney considers the small colony of artists whose influence was felt far beyond their Cornish base
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Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain, by Robert Ford and Matthew J. Goodwin
A study of Ukip’s rise yields surprising facts about the party’s followers, says Daphne Halikiopoulou
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Videoland: Movie Culture at the American Video Store, by Daniel Herbert
Linnie Blake praises an exploration of the role rental outlets played in shaping the way a generation experienced film
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Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism, by David Harvey
Chris Knight extols a persuasively argued work from a Marxist thinker on tensions in the system
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Essays and Reviews 1959-2002, by Bernard Williams
Jane O’Grady savours a collection of writings by a distinguished essayist that are still relevant today
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Malthus: The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet, by Robert J. Mayhew
Niall O’Flaherty on a penetrating and nuanced account of Malthus’ insights and the consequent responses
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Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream, by Suzanne Mettler
David Bell on how US political gridlock is ruining the chance for social and economic equality
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After They Closed the Gates: Jewish Illegal Immigration to the United States, 1921-1965, by Libby Garland
Hasia Diner on the evolution of US immigration policy, its complex aims and intended and unintended consequences for a small group of Jews
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Religio Duplex: How the Enlightenment Reinvented Egyptian Religion, by Jan Assmann, translated by Robert Savage
James Stevens Curl on the Egyptians’ concept of dual religion - an official, outer face and an inner, secretive aspect
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The week in higher education - 22 May 2014
Victoria Bateman, economics fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, attracted headlines in the Daily Mail, The Times and The Guardian after she commissioned an artist to paint her naked as a...
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Quicker NHS trials bid may miss its mark
Some fear plan to streamline approvals from trusts will not end local roadblocks
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Australia’s move to scrap fee caps could see England following suit
UK government urged to assess financial fallout before embracing similar system
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Closure of Institute of English Studies would be a ‘disaster’
University of London proposal will have negative impact on the discipline and postgraduates, academics warn