Strip Cultures: Finding America in Las Vegas, by The Project on Vegas: Susan Willis, Stacy Jameson, Karen Klugman and Jane Kuenz
A work of distinction offers fresh insights into the hedonism and hangovers, says Richard J. Williams

A work of distinction offers fresh insights into the hedonism and hangovers, says Richard J. Williams

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Steve Olivier offers tips for a smoother transition

Increased role for governing bodies also questioned in responses to Hefce’s quality assessment consultation

Most REF case studies related simple, short-term impacts, missing a host of wider, longer-term effects, argues Trisha Greenhalgh

Declassified after 50 years, the papers aren’t always reliable sources of information, but they help historians fill in the blanks, says Geoff Andrews

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

The good, the bad and the offbeat – the academy through the lens of the national press

Government urged to reveal source of claims about universities that allegedly hosted extremist speakers

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