Suffering an ID crisis? Then go shopping
Shopping is part of a fundamental search to discover the real self, says York University sociologist Colin Campbell. In his paper I Shop, therefore Know that I Am he argues that retail therapy is a...
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In the news: Howard Davies
The London School of Economics will be hoping that its choice of new director will bring energy and dynamism to the institution despite complaints that the last organisation he led "fell asleep on...
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Next issue - Jan 3
News Strategic review: briefing notes for the big day Features Laurie Taylor comes face to face with Richard Sennett What makes an academic into a Big Thinker? Books Thes reviewers pick their books...
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Who falls behind in pursuit of justice?
Student disability is on the funding councils' agenda. Alison Goddard reports Disabled students do not receive all the benefits due to them, data published this week imply. Just 1.4 per cent of...
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Loan rescues Cern
The European Investment Bank has made a e300 million (£190 million) loan to particle physics laboratory Cern. The money will go towards the final construction phase of the Large Hadron Collider, the...
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Bar Council attacked
The head of the College of Law has criticised the Bar Council for its failure to support trainees through Bar school. "I am disappointed but not surprised," said Nigel Savage. "The legal profession...
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Morris honoured
Former education secretary Estelle Morris is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Warwick. Ms Morris, secretary of state from June 2001 until October 2002, began her teacher training...
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Refugees' skills wasted
Female refugees with experience and qualifications as teachers, nurses and doctors face major obstacles to working in the UK, a skills survey among those living in London reveals. The study, by the...
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Scottish pay action
Staff at the Scottish Agricultural College have voted to take industrial action next month. Some 84 per cent of members of trade union Prospect backed the move; the turnout was 75 per cent. Union...
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Arts research prize
Researchers in the arts have been invited to enter the research councils' first joint business plan competition. The winners will receive £25,000, while all entrants will benefit from mentoring and...
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Fury as rural study is relocated to city
Governors at Plymouth University have unanimously approved restructuring plans that include scrapping teaching at Seale-Hayne Agricultural College. Students in Exeter and Exmouth will be relocated to...
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MPs force societies to monitor ethnicity
The Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering have been forced to monitor the ethnicity of their fellows after MPs accused them of having a "head-in-the-sand attitude to the current...
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Drop 5* grades, advises Royal Society
Five-star departments would be abolished and replaced with a peer review of all staff under the Royal Society's plans to reform research assessment. The Royal Society proposes that subject areas...
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Appointments
* Barry Cox, deputy director of Channel 4 and chairman of the Digital Television Stakeholders' Group, has been named as the University of Oxford's next News International visiting professor of...
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Findings: Strong case for a good plea
A warning to lecturers: do not rest on your laurels. Psychologists have found that an expert with a good reputation will provoke a more hostile response than someone perceived as a non-expert if he...