The Second Sex
A fresh interpretation has breathed new life into a seminal feminist text, discovers Mary Evans
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Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West
Do we need another study showing that happiness cannot be bought and that too much is bad for the self and for society? There are already three recent studies entitled Affluenza that highlight its...
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Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill
This sumptuously illustrated volume of essays is a successful attempt to evoke the complex plan of a unique house with the glitter of its historic contents. Each of its 16 essays breaks off for...
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Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity
Piotr A. Cieplak understands the outrage but takes exception to the author's neglect of the evidence
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Published this week
ARTS AND DESIGN- The New York School Poets and the Neo-Avant-Garde between Radical Art and Radical ChicBy Mark Silverberg, associate professor of American literature, Cape Breton University, Canada....
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20 institutions face fines for overshooting cap on student numbers
Hefce warns that reduction in grant income could become permanent, writes Melanie Newman
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Roll call of the remarkable talent in line for a prize
The judges of the ߣߣÊÓƵ Leadership and Management Awards 2010 have unveiled the shortlist of entries that represent the outstanding achievements of those who run UK universities
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Grant winners
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: G. Van KeulenInstitution: Swansea UniversityValue: £46,388Proteomic profiling: a novel approach to understanding the biological causes of soil...
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Blog confidential: A Machiavellian performance
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
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Appointments
University of DundeeTony MartinMost academics would baulk at an 8,000-mile commute to work, but Tony Martin, professor of animal conservation at the University of Dundee, could not be more excited by...
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#loveHE: 'As I have a better understanding, I have more respect for others' work'
Reflecting on what he gained from university, recording artist Tinchy Stryder recommends the experience to young people, in spite of tuition fees
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Uneven playing fields
The sector must stop its Eton-bashing and its discrimination against independent-school students, argues Geoff Lucas
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THE World University Rankings
"Do you ever get death threats?" This was one of the questions I was asked by a Russian journalist during a visit to Moscow last week to discuss the world university rankings.
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Are ethics adrift in third-stream work?
Recession may encourage knowledge exchange 'at any cost', workshop hears. Hannah Fearn reports
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Salford threatens student with writ
Alleged online 'defamation' of senior staff draws libel warning. Melanie Newman reports