The week in books
John Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer and Patriot by Anna Beer, Bloomsbury, £20.00, ISBN 9780747584254."Anna Beer's (lecturer in literature and a fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford) biography is scholarly,...
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First Impressions competition: 17 January 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a sea-faring voyage of self-discovery:"Of all the things that drive men to sea, the most common...
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This Is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession
Daniel Levitin’s This Is Your Brain on Music was written for the general reader, and it is to his credit that many parts of this book are interesting and stimulating. I can see how it might help to...
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Published this week
Anthropology• At Home in the Chinese Diaspora: Memories, Identities and Belongings By Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce, associate professor, head of the department of sociology and honorary academic director of...
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Those who mean business can boost their bottom line
The Technology Strategy Board has £1bn to invest in industry-focused R&D, writes Zoe Corbyn.
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Grant winners
The Wellcome TrustAwards made for new clinical and joint basic/clinical PhD programmes as part of a £40 million investment in postgraduate biomedical research training, and designed for clinicians...
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An arresting job
Sue Palmer is keen to work on improving police communications skills and to dispel the view that they are all 'thickies'.
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Appointments
The University of Teesside's Janice Webster has been named one of the UK's most enterprising academics. The accolade was awarded by UPBEAT, a project funded by the Higher Education Funding Council...
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Researchers' web use could make libraries redundant
Study says university collections are not meeting the needs of the Google generation, writes John Gill
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Rags to riches
Jack Kirby and Delovan Ghasoor, students at Goldsmiths, University of London, will next week take part in a 'recycled fashion show' to highlight environmental issues and raise money for charity...
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Create wealth as well as art, council chief urges sector
Philip Esler vows to set up a task force to make a solid 'empirical case' for the arts and humanities' substantial economic impact. Zoe Corbyn reports.
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For-profit college to offer two-year law degree
The UK's first for-profit private company to gain the power to award its own degrees, BPP College, is to offer a two-year law degree alongside a standard three-year course.BPP, which reflects growing...
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Salford returns project cash after damning audit
University agrees deal with DWP to hand back public money after report highlights flaws. John Gill reports.
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University of Edinburgh - Supercomputer Hector boots up
The largest and most advanced supercomputing facility in the UK was opened this week at the University of Edinburgh. Hector (High-End Computing Terascale ߣߣÊÓƵ), which is four times faster than...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Searle starts anniversary events
An exhibition of work by the cartoonist Ronald Searle, creator of the fictional St Trinian's girls' school, will kick off a series of celebrations of Anglia Ruskin University's 150th anniversary. Mr...