Letters – 20 September 2018
Trump’s actions stymie UK-Iran research efforts It was a pleasure to read the enlightened comments of the University of Tehran’s president, Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, regarding Tehran’s enthusiasm for...
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Brian Cantor to step down as Bradford v-c
Move follows criticism of redundancy plans and no-confidence motion
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THE World University Rankings explained
How are the results of the World University Rankings and Subject Rankings calculated? Read an explanation of the methodology and what the results mean.
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UC Berkeley: self-motivating, thought-provoking and interactive
As one of the top five public universities in the US, the University of California, Berkeley is an institution that encourages students to think for themselves, writes blogger Perla Shaheen
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Forward thinking: THE University Leaders Survey 2018
What are vice-chancellors’ insights into the trends, threats and priorities affecting the future of the university? Nearly 200 leaders of world-ranked universities give their views on where the...
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Across the Bridge: Understanding the Origin of the Vertebrates, by Henry Gee
Robert Montgomerie is impressed by a novel account of the backbone’s evolution
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The Neuroscience of Emotion: A New Synthesis, by Ralph Adolphs and David Anderson
This unusual and intellectually invigorating book should be an essential starting point for feeling our way ahead in this field, says Shane O’Mara
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New and noteworthy – 20 September 2018
Up, up and away; hallowed grounds; degrees of evolution at Oxford; and making peace and making up
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Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium, by Lucy Inglis
The good and evil of opium is documented in this eloquent history, writes Jonathan Mirsky
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The Lion and the Eagle: The Interaction of the British and American Empires, 1783-1972, by Kathleen Burk
This deeply researched history of a conflict has an unfinished feel, finds Kori Schake
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What are you reading? – 20 September 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Torture, by Donatella Di Cesare
Book of the week: An important study of barbarism calls for citizens to be vigilant and to resist, says Joanna Bourke
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In good faith: the role of religious institutions in US higher education
Ellie Bothwell analyses how religious institutions shape up compared with secular institutions and how they are adapting to modern mores