The first of its kind, this Open Access 'Report' is a first step in assessing the state of the humanities worldwide. Based on an extensive literature review and enlightening interviews the book discusses the value of the humanities, the nature of humanities research and the relation between humanities and politics, amongst other issues.

This book is a lively, passionate defence of contemporary work in the humanities, and, beyond that, of the university system that makes such work possible. The book's stark accounts of academic labour, and its proposals for reform of the tenure system, are novel, controversial, timely, and very necessary.

Get top marks in the kitchen, with over 150 easy, cheap and delicious recipes for students.

Get top marks in the kitchen for your homemade cookies, breads, cakes and bakes, with over 120 cheap and easy baking recipes for students.

Get top marks in the kitchen, with over 130 easy, cheap and delicious vegetarian recipes for students.

The life hack that you've been waiting for - to work less in order to increase your productivity.

A Super Quick guide to managing your physical and mental health and wellbeing at university, giving you the tools and resources to meet the demands of student life and beyond.

Many readers will see immediate improvement in their memory after reading the book.

Explains the psychology of why people say "yes" - and how to apply these understandings. This book aims to teach the six principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader - and how to defend yourself against them.

Skills for finding information are essential for academic study and beyond. This illustrated guide provides practical advice on how to source and use the right resources. It includes guidance on how to carry out a literature review as well as the skills needed for finding and evaluating information.

Inside Interviewing highlights the fluctuating and diverse moral worlds put into place during interview research when gender, race, culture and other subject positions are brought narratively to the foreground. It explores the 'facts', thoughts, feelings and perspectives of respondents and how this impacts on the research process.

Whether embarking on a pre-degree foundation course or a postgraduate programme, this book will help students manage all the challenging aspects of studying through the medium of another language, in a new and different environment.

An invaluable guide for the many international students that come to study in the UK. It will help them deal with the academic and social challeges that will face them.

Take the fear out of your interview and never be stuck for the right answer to even the toughest questions with 'The Interview Question & Answer Book'. Written by one of the UK's leading careers experts, this guide supplies ideal responses to interview questions, so that you are seen as the best candidate for the job.

Packed with examples from across the social sciences, this book helps students and researchers alike in turning systematic reviews into recommendations for policy and practice.

These days, most students arrive at university with some IT skills. Taking account of students' existing skills, IT Skills for Successful Study will help students to develop intermediate or advanced IT skills in those areas most relevant to studying, and to use IT for maximum benefit.

The groundbreaking science of solutions that turns problems - and how we solve them - upside down.

Presenting in a job interview can be incredibly daunting. Candidates often lack the confidence and skills so they fail to do themselves justice and impress the panel. This title takes you through the whole process of planning and making a presentation as part of a job interview and helps you to understand what employers are looking for.

Providing realistic guidelines to ensure success in the virtual learning environment, this title demystifies terms and concepts common to online learning, addresses issues of online ethics such as netiquette, plagiarism and software piracy. It offers practical advice on submitting assignments and doing research.

Written for busy teachers, trainers, managers and students, this 'dip-in, dip-out' guide makes understanding theories of learning accessible and practical.

This book uses basic principles of human psychology to offer a refreshing approach to study skills and learning techniques. Professional Coach and Psychologist Gary Wood offers a fast and effective way of building confidence and resilience for study skills based on psychological principles.

You don't have to be brilliant to produce brilliant work. Make Brilliant Work will show you the methods and techniques other people have used and how you can use them too.