Liberalism and Prostitution
This is an intriguing and somewhat controversial book in which the author favourably considers the value of "paternalistic" prostitution laws. Peter de Marneffe situates this version of paternalism...
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The Emancipated Spectator
The Algerian-born Jacques Ranciere, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Paris Saint-Denis, is the latest in a long line of "new" French philosophers. Ranciere, who has risen to fame...
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The English Lakes: A History
The Lake District has been fought over and revelled in. Jonathan Bate enjoys a tale of a little paradise
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? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony BehaviorBy Deborah M. Gordon, professor of biology, Stanford University. Princeton University Press, £13.95...
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General Election - 'Academy cash? What about spending a penny in public?'
With the general election only a week away, ߣߣÊÓƵ spent a day on the stump with three academics running for national office. Migration, social responsibility and public lavatories...
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Blog confidential: The managerial perspective (part two: a response)
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
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Appointments
University of LeicesterCorrine FowlerCorrine Fowler has joined the University of Leicester's School of English as a lecturer in 20th-century postcolonial literature. She said Leicester was the...
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Bath Spa University - Academy, meet the academy
A new academy school in Salisbury is to be co-sponsored by a university. The Sarum Academy, which is to open later this year following the closure of Salisbury High School, will be co-sponsored by...
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Gloucestershire/Bath - Travel woes compounded
When the dust settled after the travel chaos caused by the recent eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, some university staff were left facing the loss of holiday time. The University...
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University of Kent - In touch with the past
Fragile documents held at Canterbury Cathedral will be more accessible in future, thanks to the efforts of a cross-disciplinary team of researchers. Scholars from the University of Kent's School of...
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University of Wolverhampton - Course sparks interest
The chemistry of combustion will be among the subjects studied on a new fire and rescue honours degree. The course, to be launched by the University of Wolverhampton in partnership with the West...
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University of Northampton - The scholarly life of crime
Ten years of criminology courses will be celebrated at a day of seminars and workshops on subjects such as cybercrime and feminist criminology. The University of Northampton will hold the events for...
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University of Warwick - Students' robot crawls to victory
A rescue robot that can crawl through a disaster environment to search for victims in need of help, developed by a group of English students, has won an international robotics contest. The team of...
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Cardiff University - Architectural reincarnation
An architectural scholar is to help build a Hindu temple in a style that has not been employed for hundreds of years. Adam Hardy, chair of the architectural history and theory group at Cardiff...
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Aberystwyth University - Scientists keen to sow oats
Researchers in Wales are leading a study to develop new and improved varieties of oats. The five-year project, which will be led by scientists at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural...