This collection contains 14 papers that focus on the work and workers in higher education (HE) from a British perspective for the purpose of encouraging further research, study and debate in the exploration of the dynamics within HE. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 addresses the workers, part 2 the work, and part 3 the work context. The papers are: (1) "Working in Higher Education" (Rob Cuthbert); (2) "Academic Staff: Information and Data" (Brian Ramsden); (3) "Managing the Employment Relationship in Higher Education: Quo Vadis?" (Ewart Keep and others); (4)"Does It Pay to Work in Universities?" (Helen Murlis and Frank Hartle); (5) "Which of Us Has a Brilliant Career?: Notes from a Higher Education Survivor" (Gaby Weiner); (6) "New Liberty, New Discipline: Academic Work in the New Higher Education" (Richard Winter); (7) "Professors and Professionals: On Changing Boundaries" (Sheila Corrall and Ray Lester); (8) "Managing How Academics Manage" (R. J. Johnston); (9) "Work's Committees" (Ian McNay); (10) "Geographical Transitions" (Michael Bradford); (11) "Just Like the Novels?: Researching the Occupational Culture(s) of Higher Education" (Sara Delamont); (12) "Which Academic Profession Are You in?" (Oliver Fulton); (13) "Autonomy, Bureaucracy and Competition: the ABC of Control in Higher Education" (Marie Thorne and Rob Cuthbert); and (14) "All Work and No Play" (Rob Cuthbert). (Contains approximately 375 references.) (DM)