Who Killed Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa
Joanna Lewis is intrigued by a forensic study of the crash that claimed a champion of decolonisation
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Sitting in Judgment: The Working Lives of Judges
Penny Darbyshire is a seasoned judge watcher. Since 1971 she has work-shadowed almost every known species of English judge, from overworked district judges trying and sentencing minor miscreants in...
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The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion
Although the subtitle refers to it as a "new religion", a central concern of this book is whether the Church of Scientology is indeed a religion - or rather, given that the author says he considers...
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I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior
Camilla Power is frustrated by a du jour model of imitative action that ignores collective creativity
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American Nietzsche: A History of An Icon and His Ideas
Who would have thought it? Who could have imagined in 1900, when Friedrich Nietzsche died, that the philosopher of the aristocratic distance and elitist heights would enjoy a reincarnation of sorts...
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Student review: Debating Social Rights
Authors: Conor Gearty and Virginia MantouvalouEdition: FirstPublisher: HartPages: 201Price: £15.00ISBN 9781849460231Debating Social Rights is part of Hart's Debating Law series, edited by Peter Cane...
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Law round-up
Essential Mental Health Law: A Guide to the Revised Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act 2005Authors: Anthony Maden and Tim Spencer-LaneEdition: FirstPublisher: Hammersmith PressPages:...
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Languages and Linguistics round-up
Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Society and IdentityAuthors: Sharon K. Deckert and Caroline H. VickersEdition: FirstPublisher: ContinuumPages: 256Price: £65.00 and £19.99ISBN 9781441150233 and...
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Psychology and Psychiatry round-up
Group Problem SolvingAuthor: Patrick R. LaughlinEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 168Price: £52.00, £20.95 and £25.14ISBN 9780691147901, 9780691147918 and 9781400836673 (e-...
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A difficult tablet to swallow but the prognosis looks good
Teaching with the aid of notebook PCs is given a cautious thumbs up by lecturers. Jack Grove writes
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NSS scores are a 'weak basis' for policymaking
Universities wishing to improve the "student experience" have been warned they are placing too much emphasis on satisfaction scores despite their limited usefulness.
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News in brief
Canada'Playing well' no longer requiredA controversial element of the admissions process at a Canadian medical school has been discontinued. From next February, applicants hoping to study medicine at...
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A golden opportunity for team players in republic of letters
France moves away from grandes écoles model in bid to foster new elite. Jack Grove reports from Paris
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No jobs, so get them on courses
State should fund one-off extra recruitment to cope with 'crisis', David Blanchflower tells John Morgan
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News in brief
Borderless researchESRC chief leads Science EuropeThe chief executive of the Economic and Social Research Council, Paul Boyle, has been elected the first president of a new body to represent...