Grant winners
The British Academy2008 Postdoctoral FellowshipsForty-nine 2008 Postdoctoral Fellowships have been awarded by the British Academy across the humanities and social sciences, of which twelve are listed...
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Dresses to thrill
Tony Ryan, ICI professor of physical chemistry and head of the chemistry department at the University of Sheffield, stands beside one of a collection of “dissolvable dresses”, part of the “Wonderland...
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Hot papers in geosciences 2006-08
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998–29 February 2008
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Employers’ rights and obligations in relation to Armed Forces reservists
With Britain’s Armed Forces currently heavily committed in the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, significant numbers of “reservists” have been mobilised for service in recent years....
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Goodbye, Bertrand Russell!
Hot on the heels of a newspaper report that New Hall Cambridge will be changing its name following the receipt of a very large donation, comes news that Poppleton will soon be saying farewell to one...
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A whole different ball game.
Felipe Fernández-Armesto considers why soccer will never score highly in the US
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Leader: Wobbles on the way to maturity
The spirit of revolution seems absent in today's students, but that's not to say that they're wholly apathetic and lazy
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Angus Calder 1942-2008
An academic who combined his teaching and research with work as an author, poet, critic, editor, journalist, historian and cultural commentator has died aged 66.Angus Calder studied English at the...
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Nottingham: why I have to speak out 1
It is with regret that I feel compelled to write to counter the assertions made by Sir Colin Campbell, vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham, about the arrest and subsequent release of the...
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Nottingham: why I have to speak out 2
Sir Colin Campbell has not made the case for academic freedom reigning at the University of Nottingham. He needs to cite facts rather than relying on assertions. The answer sought remains: why waste...
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Leave scheme lost to FEC
The story on full economic costing ("Cheques and balances", 19 June) understandably makes little mention of the arts and humanities. However, one important unintended consequence of FEC concerns the...
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Rhetoric is not research
Shoddy perpetuation of presupposition and prejudice is passed off as "research" in the report of the forthcoming book by Dennis Hayes and Kathryn Ecclestone ("'Infantilised' students and staff rapped...
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Scholarship is still valued
Martin Cohen's witty attack on academic bookshops ("Banality at bargain prices", 12 June) singled out my Last Witnesses: The Muggletonian History as a recent casualty. Coincidentally, The London...
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On board with flagship idea 1
Kevin Sharpe's opinion piece raises some hugely important issues and promotes the idea of an Institute of Advanced Studies ("We need a flagship to lead the humanities fleet to fighting fitness", 19...