Janet Beer, Nick Bevan, E. Stina Lyon, Tony Mann and Roger Numas...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Tony Mann welcomes a compelling account of the power – and ethical challenges – of mathematics in helping us address crucial issues in today’s world
Tony Mann is impressed by a study of what we mean by numbers that ranges across millennia
Tony Mann learns that ‘applied mathematics’ isn’t what it used to be
Tony Mann assesses an argument about the role of mathematical beauty as a key to understanding how the universe works
The articles “Grades anatomy” and “Bubbles and bombast” suggest that grade inflation is a cause for concern. But over the past few years, universities have invested heavily in technology such as...
Protect students by cutting UK ties with UAE Student exchanges can be valuable. But in the case of Matthew Hedges, the Durham University PhD student who was jailed for spying in the United Arab...
If you want to learn to argue better, don’t ditch emotion, argues Tony Mann
Tony Mann follows a scholar’s journey to get to the root of a game-changing mathematician
This provocative argument for the importance of number in the humanities is full of wit and insight, says Tony Mann
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
The University of York took the top prize at the Times Higher Education Awards 2010, picking up the title of University of the Year. A total of 18 awards were handed out at the ceremony at the...
Members of the higher education community tell us about two books they plan to take on holiday: a new must-read and a classic worthy of a second look