Shelley and Vitality
Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of those dead, white, male Romantic poets, has had a wonderfully shifting reputation. Since his death in 1822, Shelley has been an angel, a devil, a radical, an idealist, a...
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Travelling in Different Skins: Gender Identity in European Women's Oriental Travelogues, 1850-1950
How identity is constructed and performed has recently become a key concern in both gender and post-colonial studies. Travelling in Different Skins explores this interesting issue by focusing on the...
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Difficult Mothers: Understanding and Overcoming Their Power
Long-term misery caused by problematic maternal behaviour gives Janine Spencer pause for thought
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Beauty and the Beast
You read this book agog, as a Colombian "cosmic surgeon" - in Michael Taussig's words - presents breast implants for inspection: the 350cc Colombian megaboob weighs in alongside the 80cc Brazilian...
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The Life of a Leaf
The Life of a Leaf - what a great little title. As an evangelical botanist, I really wanted to like this book, and to be fair, throughout its pages I found myself becoming increasingly fond of Steven...
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Future at their fingertips (or in their pockets, anyway)
Students have so many devices: sector must be smart and tap them, says expert. Chris Parr writes
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Riotous assembly incites analysis
A conference aims to bring clarity to the motives for last year's civil unrest. Matthew Reisz writes
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News in brief
Parody prizeFishy research rewardedA demonstration that brain researchers can detect meaningful neural activity in dead fish was among the research projects honoured in this year's Ig Nobel prizes,...
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You have two minutes on your specialist subject, starting...now
Distil PhDs into 120 seconds: impossible? Not for the winners of a recent competition. Chris Parr reports
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Show your strengths - we won't fund weaknesses
Concentration on the cards as Ireland shifts to contractual cash. Jack Grove reports from Dublin
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Canada's foreign recruitment drive may backfire
Canadian institutions' lack of strategic focus could mean that the country's drive to recruit more overseas students backfires, the head of a higher education marketing consultancy has suggested.
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News in brief
United StatesThis correspondence is privateA judge has backed a US climate scientist's efforts to preserve the privacy of his emails. The court rejected the case brought by the American Tradition...
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Grant winners
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILResponsive Mode Grant AwardsValues are the amounts requested. Awarded amounts may differ• Award winner: Graham Seymour• Institution: University...
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Élan victual
University food is not what it used to be, laments John Gilbey, but perhaps it is not too late to make it glorious once again
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National Student Survey - Key information may not unlock choice
NSS scores' inclusion in KIS could offer perverse incentives. Jack Grove and Elizabeth Gibney write