National power generators
The Scottish Government is eager for universities to lead the nation to renewed prosperity and, ultimately, independence. Tariq Tahir asks if the sector is up to the challenge and what its response...
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Public face of a private faith
Mona Siddiqui, one of the UK's leading commentators on Islam, is driven by intellectual curiosity, religious belief and a desire to engage. Hannah Fearn writes
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17 July 2008
Scotland’s dilemma - National pride versus educational divide
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Strong language
Gloria Monday is surprised to find marks being awarded for expletives, and wonders whether she should incorporate this practice into her work as an external examiner
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Working with PowerPoint
Lecture and conference talks can be enhanced by PowerPoint , but unless it is used with thought it can overwhelm your audience.
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Ethical issues in research
Avoid delays to your research project by providing your institution’s ethics committee with enough information to properly assess your undertaking
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Reverting to type
As academic ‘content providers’ battle with e-learning gurus, it’s time to reflect on form and meaning – and the ubiquitous, iniquitous HelveticaThis year is the tenth anniversary of my realisation...
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Updated 11 July: UEL vice-chancellor on ‘indefinite leave’
Meeting on 8 July decides Martin Everett’s fate. Melanie Newman reports
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All the news that's fit to print
Tim Luckhurst is convinced that good journalism will continue to triumph over spin and blogging
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Growing Up in England: The Experience of Childhood, 1600-1914
What Anthony Fletcher claims for his latest book is "an entirely fresh view of the upbringing of English children between 1600 and 1914". To be more precise, it is the upbringing of children from the...
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Night's Black Agents: Witches, Wizards and the Dead in the Ancient World
Daniel Ogden is the leading home-grown British expert on Ancient Greek and Roman magic and, as such, is part of an international boom in scholarly interest in a subject that spans the Western world....
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, London WC2
1. The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker Allen Lane, £9.99 ISBN 97801410154772. Get Rid of Your Accent: The English Pronunciation and Speech Training Manual, Third Ed by Linda James and Olga Smith...
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Shedding light on the dark zone
Jane Kilby on the idea that the weak are emotionally involved with the strong, egging them on to force
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Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher
This book is a curious hybrid. One part is a relatively orthodox intellectual biography of Richard Rorty. It begins with accounts of his parents' intellectual interests and political commitments,...
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Fighting over Words: Language and Civil Law Cases
Over the past 20 years, Roger Shuy, professor emeritus at Georgetown University, has published many accounts of linguistic evidence he has contributed in US legal cases. He is almost certainly the...