Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965-2015, by Celeste-Marie Bernier
Kalwant Bhopal is enthusiastic about a political analysis of half a century of black art
Search
-
-
Comic Books Incorporated: How the Business of Comics Became the Business of Hollywood, by Shawna Kidman
Will Brooker considers the structures and intrastructures behind the creation of superheroes
-
What are you reading? – 23 May 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
-
Fourth degree by Laurie Taylor – 23 May 2019
All campus life is here
-
What is the ‘gao kao’ and how can you prepare for it?
Learn more about the annual Chinese university entry exam, dubbed one of the hardest in the world, and the best ways to get ready for it
-
What happens when academic dreams are dashed?
Disillusionment with the dramatically changed academic landscape has spawned a new literary genre – along with a host of problems for those struggling to adapt
-
New and noteworthy – 23 May 2019
Women’s war stories; scrolling through history; dormitory architecture; failure and design; and the lessons of Japan
-
Counterfactuals: Paths of the Might Have Been, by Christopher Prendergast
Book of the week: Robert Eaglestone praises a dazzlingly wide-ranging analysis of the choices we don’t make
-
University staff ‘at breaking point’ as counselling demand soars
Hepi report ties increase to mounting workloads and performance management
-
London university develops ‘Indigenous-led’ teaching and research
King’s College London moves opens debate over role of such knowledge in countries without significant Aboriginal populations
-
Teaching intelligence: putting Wikipedia at the heart of a class
Like it or not, Wikipedia is used by students around the world – so academics should teach them how to use it, writes Caroline Ball
-
Martin Kilson, 1931-2019
Tributes paid to Harvard’s first tenured black professor
-
Interview with Rachel Griffith
The new president of the Royal Economic Society on the need for economists to be more engaging and why being a woman is an advantage in the field
-
Universities ‘contribute little to generic skill development’
Schools take credit for majority of literacy and numeracy development
-
The heat is on: female students perform better in warm exam rooms
Experiment that saw students take tests in temperatures ranging from 16ºC to 33ºC finds men appear to score highest in the cold