Not really.
These giants will still trouser their normal salary during their "sabbatical". The £10K will fund additional expenses relating to their valuable research - in most cases this will be the cost of foreign travel somehere nice and warm.
This year's offering is relatively tame. My personal favourite - pure genius - is:
“Pole Fitness and Porn ‘empowerment’: Aestheticizing the New Misogyny”
Richard Seymour
London School of Economics
&
Patricia McManus
University of Brighton
Thursday 14th March
6.30pm
Lecture Theatre G7...
A window into the Amex's neighbourly Ivory Tower. My favourite successful applicant is the last one listed - I wonder if Titanic was consulted...?
"We are delighted to announce funding for this year’s successful sabbatical applications.
The University’s annual Sabbatical Scheme is part of...