What Is Madness?
What is Madness? begins beautifully, echoing R.D. Laing's 1960 manifesto The Divided Self, with references to European (and especially French) thinkers that few of its readers may be familiar with,...
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Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity
In 1900, the highest-paid living writer, and the most notorious, was Marie Corelli. Her 1893 novel Barabbas: A Dream of the World's Tragedy went through 54 editions in her lifetime, sold more than...
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News in brief
Journal subscriptionsSlightly more bijou 'big deal'Research libraries have reached a three-year "big deal" agreement with journal publisher Wiley-Blackwell that "takes into account the financial...
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Full-throttle hype could crash: OIA
Watchdog says institutions may suffer for selling what they can't provide. David Matthews reports
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Does staff training x benefits ÷ by cost = value for money?
Sector can use toolkit to gauge whether it is worth investing in coaching. David Matthews reports
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In the global jobs market, foreign talk isn't cheap, it's invaluable
Lack of language skills hampers UK graduates' efforts to find employment. Jack Grove reports
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Dead interesting: fleshing out the zombie allure
"No one would want to be a shambling, rotting corpse," said Marcus Leaning, senior lecturer in media studies at the University of Winchester. "Yet since the early 2000s, there has been a...
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News in brief
South AfricaState steps in at Walter SisuluA third South African university has been placed in government administration after landing in financial difficulties. Hundreds of staff at Walter Sisulu...
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Now's a bad time to take eye off Asian ball
'Abysmal' ߣߣÊÓƵn provision may isolate nation as East rises. Phil Baty reports from Adelaide
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British Council 'shocked' by stay-at-home Britons
A survey showing that one in 10 British students has no interest at all in visiting, working or volunteering overseas has been described as "truly shocking" by the chief executive of the British...
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Student protesters march on to root out Chile's false profits
Movement demands increase in low levels of state investment in the academy. Paul Jump reports
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Teaching intelligence - Monster mash proves highly infectious
Dracula, extraterrestrial bugs and the undead are aiding the study of microbiology. Jack Grove writes
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Grant winners
WELLCOME TRUSTInvestigator AwardsInvestigators will receive sums ranging from £500,000 over three years to more than £3 million over seven years.• Award winner: Finn Werner• Institution: University...
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Redistribution of labour
With working hours and unemployment on the rise, Harriet Bradley argues that it's time to consider the logical alternative: job-sharing
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Unions consider private sphere of influence
But head of leading non-profit institution vows to block 'political' representation. John Morgan writes