Sonic Wonderland: A Scientific Odyssey of Sound, by Trevor Cox
David Toop is charmed by an exploration of the pains and pleasures of the noises around us
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The week in higher education - 16 January 2014
Academics appear to have solved one of history’s oldest mysteries: how did Alexander the Great die? The Times reported on 13 January that toxicologists from the University of Birmingham and the West...
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Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly joins University of the Arts London
Who got that job? Recording artist takes up chair in interactive design. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Five myths about Moocs
Diana Laurillard explains why a model based on unsupervised learning is not the answer
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Pitch rises while applications fall
Student marketing spend trebled as Salford shut low-demand courses
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Life Beyond Earth: The Search for Habitable Worlds in the Universe, by Athena Coustenis and Thérèse Encrenaz
The astrobiology is up to date but the subbing needs work, says Lewis Dartnell
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Rosy prospectuses ‘misleading’ students
Marketing material does not always reveal true picture, research finds
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Labour urged to ditch maintenance grants, lower fees and ‘think local’
Party’s former universities secretary proposes radical policy change for general election manifesto
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Was Hitler a Darwinian? Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory, by Robert J. Richards
Nazi ideology may not have adopted evolutionary theory wholesale, but it certainly used its ideas, says Yvonne Sherratt
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Defamation Act 2013: what scientists need to know
Scientists can speak more freely without fear of being sued, explains Síle Lane
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Are scholars or executives best suited to lead universities?
Headhunters Odgers Berndtson ask if academics have the business skills necessary to run a university
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New play pokes fun at university life
Familiar scenarios may have academics rolling, or reeling, in the aisles
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Show your cards: academic players on poker’s draw
Serious academic players on what they’ve learned from life at the table
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University of London considers outsourcing careers service
Institution investigates commercial options to generate surplus
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MLA conference: blizzard of ice and ideas
Frigid weather fails to dampen enthusiasm at the MLA conference, finds Robert Eaglestone