Violence, Martyrdom and Partition: A Daughter's Testimony
A painstakingly honest tale of one woman's struggle leaves Joanna Lewis humbled
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Selling the Tudor Monarchy: Authority and Image in Sixteenth-Century England
In 1992, Kevin Sharpe published The Personal Rule of Charles I. Like the book under review, it was both lengthy and deeply researched. It was what I suppose one must now call an old-fashioned...
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The Canon: Capital: Volume 1. By Karl Marx
The year was 1975. Studying for a masters degree under the tutelage of Marxist sociologist Tom Bottomore, I began reading Marx's Capital. As I turned page after page with increasing excitement, I saw...
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Credit and Community: Working-Class Debt in the UK since 1880
Karl Dayson recommends a timely study of the changing face of indebtedness among the poor
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Fees and loans hiked but maintenance support is frozen
Government says low inflation justifies grant decision. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Top 10 European institutions in chemistry
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1999 through 28 February 2009
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Oxford Brookes University - Funds for green research
More than £1 million is being invested by Oxford Brookes University to boost its research into key environmental issues. The Intelligent Transport Systems doctoral training programme will explore...
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Cardiff University - Genetic centre to open
The Medical Research Council has approved the establishment of a Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University. It will be the first MRC centre aimed at harnessing genetics...
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University of Warwick - Let the children protect us
Inoculating children against flu may be the most effective way to use limited vaccine supplies, according to research carried out at the University of Warwick. The study suggests that vaccinating...
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School of Oriental and African Studies - Turkish delights
Ottoman Turkish manuscripts were the focus of a four-day specialist workshop convened by the School of Oriental and African Studies. The event, funded by the Wellcome Foundation Library, was led by...
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Queen's University Belfast - Success in sight
A dietary supplement that can slow the loss of sight among older people has been developed by a team at Queen's University Belfast. The antioxidant helps sufferers of age-related macular degeneration...
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University of Essex - Migration patterns
Researchers at the University of Essex are to collaborate on two major studies into migration after winning grants totalling £4.7 million. Ayse Güveli and Lucinda Platt, from the Institute for Social...
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The Robert Gordon University - Fat chance
A course in obesity science and management is to be launched at The Robert Gordon University. The masters degree aims to provide a multidisciplinary approach to the problem. It is intended for future...
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University of the Highlands and Islands - Principal appointed
A new principal has been named by the UHI Millennium Institute, the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands. James Fraser, the current deputy principal and secretary at UHI, will take...
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University of Glasgow - Treatment for abused children
Academics at the University of Glasgow have been awarded travelling fellowships as part of a project assessing a treatment programme for abused children who now live in foster homes. Helen Minnis and...