Bruno: Conversations with a Brazilian Drug Dealer, by Robert Gay
Dick Hobbs on a study of a career criminal that demystifies gangs and a society that has tried to marginalise them

Dick Hobbs on a study of a career criminal that demystifies gangs and a society that has tried to marginalise them

David Palfreyman on the effect that the forces of marketisation have had power dynamics within academia
The Poppletonian revisits the question of tone of voice but fails to add gravitas to the discussion (鈥淣othing to laugh about!鈥, 16 April). Going forward and beyond tone of voice will be designated by...
A number of universities would like to make the accomplishments of female philosophers not only more widely known but also elevated to 鈥渞ole model status鈥 to help to resolve a gender crisis in the...
It is interesting that students at universities in the US are working as consultants for businesses (鈥淐ut-price advice from campuses鈥, News, 16 April). I run a group called the Kent IT Consultancy (...
In the midst of rapid environmental change and dwindling habitats, there is an increasing need for identifying wild species in the field, and these skills are under-represented in modern biology...
As a constituent in Oxford West and Abingdon, I was interested in the review by Danny Dorling of Emma Crewe鈥檚 The House of Commons: An Anthropology of MPs at Work (Books, 16 April).I didn鈥檛 vote for...
The letter to the Irish Times signed by more than 900 scientists that warns of the costs of focusing research funds on business-led priorities is a commendable initiative (鈥淚rish science 鈥榓partheid鈥...
Cable Green, director of global learning at Creative Commons, says that spending public money on higher education resources that cannot be shared openly borders on being 鈥渋mmoral and unethical鈥 (鈥...
The article by a lecturer about not disclosing her mental illness was excellent (鈥淚llness: I keep mine hidden鈥, Opinion, 16 April). I find it a privilege to do interesting research and to have the...
It鈥檚 good to see Nick Hillman of the 糖心Vlog Policy Institute responding to my letter (鈥淚t鈥檚 not pure open access or bust鈥, Letters, 16 April). But it鈥檚 a shame that his response is so...
Recent research reported in 糖心Vlog shows that the students鈥 union 鈥渙fficer class鈥 is lacking in diversity (鈥淭he student officer class still stands too far apart鈥, News, 16 April). But...
The thought-provoking article on university intellectual property policies (鈥溾楬uge amounts of confusion鈥 over IP rights鈥, News, 16 April) resonates with a research project currently being undertaken...

Vice-chancellor talks to Chris Havergal about breaking free from Western constraints

Daniel K. Sokol on student complaints, illness and the limits of scholars鈥 expertise