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Teaching – the overlooked research outlet
Monographs, conferences and keynotes are vital elements of the modern scholarly world, but they are by no means the only, let alone the best, ways to spread ideas and insights. As Tara Brabazon notes...
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Employment legislation update - Forthcoming changes October 2008-April 2009
Employer institutions will be affected by a number of forthcoming legislative changes that will come into force, or take effect, in October of this year and April of next year. Here is a reminder of...
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Top countries in pharmacology based on impact
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998 through 30 June 2008
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How to conduct internal investigations
Internal investigations involve often sensitive issues, and must be conducted carefully and judiciously
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Golden opportunities
As the Olympic flame departs Beijing 2008 and the world's attention shifts to London 2012, UK universities are looking forward to sharing the spotlight. Hannah Fearn reports
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A passion for teaching: The power of two
Teaching is a solo vice, says Alex Danchev, but when he took a partner to help lead a seminar on life-writing, he found his enjoyment doubled
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Judgment calls
Amid worries about examining practices, ߣߣÊÓƵ asked ten academics to mark a first-year paper. Verdicts ranged from zero to a 2:1, but the markers identified an inherent consensus,...
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The art of contemplation
An examination of the diverse lives of religious women is a revelatory read for Anke Bernau
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Between Naturalism and Religion: Philosophical Essays
Recent years have seen something of a convergence among anglophone and continental European philosophers around broadly pragmatic understandings of reason, truth and value. This movement is the...
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Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1967
Max Weber described bureaucracy as "a power instrument of the first order" which, once fully institutionalised, "is among those social structures which are hardest to destroy". Given the disruptions...
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Book of the week: Regionalism and the Reading Class
Tara Brabazon acclaims a monograph of merit
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The week in books
In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta Ahmed, assistant professor of medicine, Medical University of South Carolina. Sourcebooks, £7.99, ISBN...
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Slaves and Nazis: efficiency's story
Julia King looks at an engineering journey from factory systems to social manipulation
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Super Rich: The Rise of Inequality in Britain and the United States
George Irvin's discussion of the impact on society of the new "super rich" could not be more timely. As the UK faces up to the likelihood of a credit crunch-driven recession, attention is...