Soas fractionals reject final offer of improved terms
Staff claim revised terms fail to address their concerns over hours spent on preparation and marking

Staff claim revised terms fail to address their concerns over hours spent on preparation and marking

A historian mulls modern and ancient soldiers’ susceptibility to PTSD

An oral history project seeks to collect the memories of the ‘Ten Pound Poms’ and those they left behind

A new history of the elevator prompts Sally Feldman to consider life’s ups and downs

Identity in the English-Scottish border region is a fluid concept that cannot be defined by nationality, says Ysanne Holt

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Geoffrey Galt Harpham on a timely reminder of the common root of modern human sciences

Jane O’Grady on a celebration of the importance of philosophy in the science of our everyday lives

Christina Hellmich on an examination of the enduring nature of the Taliban

Joy Hendry hopes for insights that look beyond stereotypes in this study of a nation in flux

Conor Gearty on why the United Nations is successful at developing and promoting human rights but fails in protecting them

Cary Cooper on a rebuttal of the idea that performance-related pay for business leaders improves corporate performance
A. W. Purdue in his review of National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen (“Forced into the armed forces”, Books, 28 August) informs us that some recruits learned “Russian...

Business sponsorship ‘enables’ gender-specific recruitment at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Council demands for extra savings to boost surplus will harm staff morale, says UCU