Don’t Be Fooled: A Philosophy of Common Sense, by Jan Bransen
Language is key to making sense of people, finds Martin Cohen, but beware words’ flexible meanings
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About Method: Experimenters, Snake Venom, and the History of Writing Scientifically, by Jutta Schickore
A study of snakebite gives a good overview of the development of the written scientific method, says Geoffrey Cantor
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Living with the Living Dead: The Wisdom of the Zombie Apocalypse, by Greg Garrett
Enduring popularity of flesh-eating monsters is a response to real threats, says Marcus Leaning
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Literary Criticism: A Concise Political History, by Joseph North
To properly appreciate a work of art we must judge it, not simply adhere to the modern paradigm of explaining it in context, contends Gary Day
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University fossil fuel divestment total tips £80 billion globally
UK emerges as campaign’s world leader as nine new institutions announce commitments
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The week in higher education – 17 August 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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On v-c pay, clarity begins at home
Remuneration committees should pay less attention to other institutions when setting their leaders’ pay, says Nick Hillman
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Is abolishing tuition fees regressive? It depends how it’s done
Replacing England’s tuition fee system with a cheaper and fairer alternative is not as difficult as many claim, says Andrew Adonis
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Universities are rising from ruins of war
Kurdistan shows that post-conflict countries can build a thriving higher education sector by working with foreign partners, says Dlawer Ala’Aldeen
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Is self-promotion hurting scholarship?
Spreading the word on social media about research can help academics get ahead, but is it too much of a distraction, asks Brooke Erin Duffy
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American Niceness: A Cultural History, by Carrie Tirado Bramen
Book of the week: Behind a veneer of amiability, Randy Malamud finds discord, cruelty and a ‘cultural charade’
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What are you reading? – 17 August 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Birds, bees, trees and other queer causes
Matthew Reisz wonders how nature’s polymorphous perversity will win support for the political cause of sexual equality
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University financial health check 2017: future prospects?
UK universities face uncertainty over the impact of Brexit and the TEF, the future for tuition fees and a pensions deficit. Which institutions have the financial clout and diversified portfolios to...