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A presumption against imprisonment (BAR)
On 3 July 2014, the British Academy launched a report entitled ‘A Presumption Against Imprisonment: Social Order and Social Values’. This article is taken from the report’s Foreword, written by the Rt Hon. the Lord Woolf. Harry Woolf was formerly Lord Chief Justice of England, and is an Honorary Fellow …
10 quick questions about processing speed
The third in the series of British Academy Debates on Ageing – ‘The Best Years of Our Lives? Body, Brain and Well-being’ – was held in Edinburgh. On 30 April 2014, as a satellite event, the British Academy held a small expert workshop entitled ‘Is the World Too Fast When …
The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century (BAR)
‘The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century’, edited by Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA, was first published in summer 2003. This British Academy Centenary Monograph was reissued in paperback in 2004. Dr David Butler CBE, FBA, who spoke at the original launch of the volume, notes some of the constitutional changes …
Past, Present, Proust
In an extract from the Centenary Monograph produced by the Academy’s Philosophy Section, ‘The Arguments of Time’, edited by Dr Jeremy Butterfield FBA, Professor Gregory Currie considers whether fiction can tell us anything about time. His chapter is entitled ‘A Literary Philosophy of Time?’ and here he takes a case …
Politics as a Vocation
In an edited extract from his chapter in ‘The British Study of Politics in the Twentieth Century’, Professor Brian Barry FBA considers how the study of politics in Britain became professionalized over the course of the last century. In contrast to other contributors to the volume who provide a wealth …
Global power, influence and perception in the 21st century
The concept of soft power – coined by Joseph Nye, a Fellow of the British Academy – is today a subject of considerable debate, as governments at home and abroad seek to exploit their ‘soft power assets’ in furthering their foreign policy objectives. In March 2014, the British Academy published …
Immigration: The state of debate (BAR)
In September – November 2014, the British Academy held its second series of ‘British Academy Debates’, on the subject of Immigration. The three Debates were held in Birmingham, Liverpool and London. This article reproduces the first part of the British Academy’s booklet on ‘Immigration’.
Degrees of uncertainty
In 2014, nearly 50 per cent of all 18-year-olds decided to go to university. However, are these benefits to the individual to be taken for granted, and will the graduate wage premium hold up as graduates form a greater proportion of the labour market? Does the significant individual benefit that …
Radio and the voice (BAR)
In October 2014, the British Academy held three events to mark the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas. In recognition of Thomas’s standing as one of the best known radio voices of all time, the Academy collaborated with BBC Radio 3 to commission a series of five essays from …
Fairy tales at the British Academy
The biennial British Academy Literature Week ran from 11 to 16 May 2015, bringing together academics, writers, artists, journalists and performers to explore the literary ‘Other Worlds’ of fairy tales and folk tales. Dr Claire Pascolini-Campbell, who works in the British Academy’s International Department, ties together some of the threads.
Count us in! Quantitative skills for a new generation (BAR)
On 25 June 2015, the British Academy launched its report ‘Count Us In: Quantitative skills for a new generation’ at the House of Lords.
Understanding society (BAR)
In 2014, ‘Understanding Society’ was adopted as a British Academy Research Project. Michaela Benzeval is Professor of Longitudinal Research at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, and Director of the ‘Understanding Society’ project. Professor Nick Buck is Director of ISER.
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