RAE reaction: Shoot for the blue skies
The RAE and its ilk constrain academics, says Donald W. Braben, who invites institutions to emulate a UCL scheme that offers complete freedom to researchers pursuing groundbreaking discoveries
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The basic legal rights and obligations in relation to annual leave
Amid the holiday season, we review some of the basic legal rights and obligations in relation to annual leave.
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Lancaster produces alternative RAE 2008 rankings
Institutions’ selectivity in submitting staff to research assessment exercise should be taken into account, says 1994 Group member
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Book of the Week - What Would You Do? Juggling Bioethics and Ethnography
Chris McManus lauds an ethnographer's long hard look in the mirror
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The Week in Books
From Genocide to Continental War: The 'Congolese' Conflict and the Crisis of Contemporary Africa by Gerard Prunier, director, French Centre for Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa. Hurst Books, £40.00,...
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The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment
The world cannot sustain rampant consumerism, but Jules Pretty doesn't buy all the arguments
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A Philosophy of Fear
We live in an age of fear. We are confronted daily with headlines proclaiming the dangers of modern life, ranging from paedophilia to natural disasters, terrorism to disease. Lars Svendsen's short...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Nottingham
1. Managing Knowledge and Information in Organizations: A Literacy Approach by Alistair Mutch. Routledge, £26.99. ISBN 97804154172662. Essentials of 16PF Assessment by Heather E. Cattell. Wiley, £21....
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The New Invisible College: Science for Development
Graham Farmelo admires the philosophy of a scientist who advocates cross-border research
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Media and the Making of Modern Germany: Mass Communications, Society and Politics from the Empire to the Third Reich
When we think of culture in the Weimar Republic, we think of experiments in modern aesthetics: Dadaism, expressionism, Bauhaus architecture, "the new woman".Here, Corey Ross reminds us of what we...
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Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World
Visitors to Seville mindful of Carmen still wend their way past the massive Royal Tobacco Factory, which was once capable of producing three quarters of the cigars smoked in Europe (and is now part...
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Youth Culture in Modern Britain, c.1920-c.1970: From Ivory Tower to Global Movement - A New History
Andrew Blake is not bothered by the eclectic examples but rather by an emphasis on privilege
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Drugs and the World
Written for a wide audience of specialist and non-specialist readers, Axel Klein's book Drugs and the World is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the use and misuse of psychoactive...
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Shakespeare's Ideas: More Things in Heaven and Earth
When my classmates and I were beginning to get to grips with the Shakespeare portion of the A-level syllabus, our teacher shared an already well-worn joke. An elderly woman leaves the theatre after...
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The Better to Eat You With: Fear in the Animal World
A riveting narrative looks at the science behind rebuilding robust ecosystems, says Jessica Flack