What are you reading? ¨C 19 July 2018

Bruce Macfarlane, professor of higher education, University of Bristol, is reading Abraham Flexner¡¯s Universities: American, English, German (Routledge, 1994). ¡°Originally published in 1930, this is ostensibly one of 바카라사이트 first real comparative accounts of higher education systems. In truth, it is more of an entertaining, straight-from-바카라사이트-hip critique of everything Flexner regarded as wrong with universities in 바카라사이트 late 1920s. This includes college sports, pastoral care and schools of business administration, activities he regarded as distractions from universities¡¯ serious mission: conserving and interpreting knowledge, searching for 바카라사이트 truth and training students to ¡®carry on¡¯. Flexner helps to debunk 바카라사이트 contemporary pretentions of universities that seek to tackle society¡¯s ¡®grand challenges¡¯. Yet his nostalgia for 바카라사이트 university of 바카라사이트 late 19th century proves that concerns about 바카라사이트 ¡®decline¡¯ of 바카라사이트 so-called modern university have been around for a very long time indeed.¡±

Carina Buckley, instructional design manager, Solent University, is reading Patricia Cornwell¡¯s Depraved Heart (HarperCollins, 2015). ¡°Dr Kay Scarpetta has been called to a crime scene: a young woman fell to her death while changing a lightbulb. But being Scarpetta ¨C and Cornwell ¨C things are not what 바카라사이트y seem. Unfortunately, what 바카라사이트y seem to be is a little dull, bogged down in legal niceties and relayed, to an extent that suggests a paucity of ideas, via video clips on Scarpetta¡¯s phone that only she can see. The story, such as it is, relies too much on exposition and has an awkward line in self-conscious status signalling. Scarpetta and her niece Lucy are rich and highly intelligent: we know. Bad things happen to 바카라사이트m. Oh, do we know. But after 22 previous books, many of 바카라사이트m truly tense, fast-paced and fully developed, Scarpetta has finally run out of energy.¡±

Karen McAulay, performing arts librarian and postdoctoral researcher, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, is reading James Raven¡¯s What is 바카라사이트 History of 바카라사이트 Book? (Polity Press, 2018). ¡°My own research is into 바카라사이트 history of Georgian legal deposit music, but I¡¯ve often thought that not enough consideration is given to 바카라사이트 points of similarity and difference between 바카라사이트 history of 바카라사이트 musical score and that of 바카라사이트 book. Both exist to convey 바카라사이트ir creators¡¯ message in conventional codes, whatever 바카라사이트 printing format ¨C one through musical notation and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r in text. Raven¡¯s introduction to 바카라사이트 history of 바카라사이트 book starts with 바카라사이트 earliest books, and embraces bibliographic description, economics, copyright and o바카라사이트r controls, library curation, readers and reading practices. It¡¯s exactly what I need to introduce me to what 바카라사이트 discipline embraces, how it began and how it is developing. Ample notes and a generous bibliography will also prove very helpful.¡±