Q&A with Aare Afe Babalola
We talk to the lawyer, academic, former pro-chancellor and founder of a private university in Nigeria
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The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life, by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski
Janet Sayers is left nonplussed by a psychology text that raises more questions than answers
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Auditions: Architecture and Aurality, by Rob Stone
A journey into ‘sound design’ strikes discordant tones: Richard J. Williams is all ears
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A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design, by Frank Wilczek
Cait MacPhee on the role of aesthetics in physical exploration
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Would students accept fees varying by subject?
Epigram editor Zaki Dogliani explores whether students would accept different prices for different courses
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Is flexible working holding back women’s careers?
The way universities perceive and handle flexible hours is an area for improvement, says a joint report by employers and unions
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Digital Shift: The Cultural Logic of Punctuation, by Jeff Scheible
A lively interrogation of the Mafia overlord of marks and associates is illuminating, finds Poppy Corbett
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Race on the QT: Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino, by Adilifu Nama
Like the American director’s work, this study is provocative, at turns brilliant, frustrating and far-fetched, says Cara Caddoo
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The Dignity of Chartism, by Dorothy Thompson, edited by Stephen Roberts
Kathryn Gleadle on an admiring and useful tribute to the life and work of a leading social historian
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The Matter Factory: A History of the Chemistry Laboratory, by Peter J. T. Morris
The workspaces of pioneering scientists are laid bare in an insightful text, finds Richard Joyner
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What are you reading? – 23 July 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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How might a teaching excellence framework be built?
As a vague policy commitment moves towards reality, Jack Grove assesses the potential ways and means
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Why do students study so far from home?
Nick Hillman examines the endurance of the boarding school model of higher education
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Celebrity speakers: putting money where their mouths are
In the US, the cost of paying for expensive commencement speeches is diverting funds from where they’re most needed, says Howard Segal