The freedom to lose money
An Economic and Social History of Gambling in Britain and the USA
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The lyrical curator
Laurence Binyon
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The rigours of Sir Alec
Economic Ideas and Government Policy
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When tigers are trapped in the tank
India's Economic Reforms 1991-2001
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A seeker of truth in a tortured world
Anthropology and Politics
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE European funds Professor R. Herbert, Pounds 122,499 from the European Commission environment programme (study of programme of role of buffering capacities in stabilising coastal...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Paul Mitchell, formerly at the University of Manchester business school, has been appointed to a chair in the business school. Goldsmiths College University of London The...
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Appointments
MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY Michael Driscoll, deputy vice chancellor since 1995, professor and head of the school of economics, succeeds David Melville as vice chancellor of theuniversity. University of...
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Awards
THE ROYAL SOCIETY The recommendations of the council have been approved for the award of three Royal Medals for 1996: A. Wiles, professor of mathematics at Princeton University, United States, in...
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Promotions
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER The following senior lecturers have been promoted: Antony Brown, reader in physical geography and geoarchaeology; Robert Burn, reader in mathematics education; Nicholas Grief,...
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Police search premises of Sight and Sound Education Ltd
Police searched seven premises of Sight and Sound Education Ltd in London last Friday as part of an investigation about fraudulent claims for awarding NVQs. A large quantity of material was seized...
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Speaking Volumes: The Parisian Sansculottes and the French Revolution
Deian Hopkin on Albert Soboul's The Parisian Sansculottes and the French Revolution . In retrospect, the rattling 19th-century garret high above Cardigan Bay seemed the perfect setting for listening...
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Theists' inverted quest
Keith Ward's attempt to portray himself as a persecuted seeker of truth deserves comment (THES, October 11). First, it is misleading to lump theology with the humanities and to see the well-deserved...
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Benefits for porters and professors
The report on page three and editorial on page 11 (THES, October 11) contained misinformation and the blurring of two distinctive projects on applications of competence models to higher education....
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Benefits for porters and professors
Your leader and article mix two separate issues. Further, the leader misses the key rationale behind the COMCON project, that all employers in the European Union have an obligation to justify the...