In Praise of Prejudice
The title of this book is misleading in two ways. First, it is not simply devoted to the praise of prejudice but differentiates between what its author terms "good" and "bad" prejudice. Second, the...
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Provoking Democracy: Why We Need the Arts
At the heart of this clear and elegantly written book is one of the central questions that has faced anyone practising or teaching in any of the major art forms during the past century. As Caroline...
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The Book of the Week: Violence by Slavoj Žižek
The Žižek variations: Julian Baggini on the bravura art of repetition.
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The Week in Books
The Second Plane - September 11: 2001-2007 by Martin Amis, professor of creative writing, University of Manchester. Jonathan Cape, £12.99 ISBN 9780224076104"It was not the slaughter of 11th September...
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGNThe Cambridge Companion to GiottoEdited by Anne Derbes, professor of art at Hood College and Mark Sandona, professor of English, Hood CollegeCambridge University Press, £18.99. ISBN...
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First Impressions competition: February 14 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a romantic adventure set in the French Revolution:"He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense...
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Nerc goes to work on £1bn climate change partnership
Research council aims to integrate science and policy in flagship programme. Zoe Corbyn reports.
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Grant winners
European Research Council.Forty-one UK researchers have won European Research Council "starting independent research grants". Below we publish details of 23 winners; we will print the remainder next...
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Self-made Kiwi
Birkbeck's Ian Conrich, the driving force behind New Zealand studies in the UK, fell in love with the country via its cinema.
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Appointments
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has appointed a professor of art history as its new director of research. Shearer West will take up the post in May. Professor West is a professor of art...
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Social science PhD students short on quantitative skills, study finds
Employers and grant-holders concerned at lack of qualified research staff. Melanie Newman writes.
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Tensions high at Liverpool Hope over hiring of dean
Vice-chancellor's quality drive brings accusations of 'done deals'. Melanie Newman reports.
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Critiquing business input 'is not mere snobbery'
The Government's commitment to involve employers in devising and funding degree courses has been likened to Oscar Wilde's depiction of second marriage as "a triumph of hope over experience"....
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Scientists cite 'creator' in paper for biology journal
The appearance of creationist argument in a research paper in a respected biology journal has provoked concern among academics.The paper, which appeared in Proteomics last month, argues that a "...
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Degree powers come with risks, QAA head tells private firms
Private companies that gain the power to award their own degrees will join a "pond full of piranhas" and may be better off working with established universities to provide recognised courses,...