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Creativity is necessary for doctoral students to gain their degrees and for postdoctoral researchers to distinguish themselves. It is, however, a contested concept -which is troubling given its current prominence within dominant discourses in higher education. On the one hand, universities are expected to populate a knowledge economy with creative researchers. On the other hand, there are concerns that the impact agenda is having a 'deadening' effect upon creativity. This research explores the broad range of definitions of creativity amongst science and engineering researchers, some of which are surprisingly restricted. It also discusses researchers' views on the role of creativity in their work. Finally, it poses timely questions, both about the impact of the dominant discourses, and the role of the academy in shaping and challenging them.

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Amperozide promotes social interactions in rats (Kattus norvegicus) and reduces craving for cocaine and alcohol without producing adverse side effects. Amperozide administration produced a place preference in the dose range from 3.0 to 10.0 mg/kg. Locomotor behavior tended to be suppressed on the days of amperozide pairings, elevated on the days of vehicle pairings, and elevated on test days. Administration of 20.0 mg/kg but neither 2.0 nor 0.2 mg/kg cocaine produced place preference. Rats exhibited a greater place preference for the chamber paired with 2.0 mg/kg and 20.0 mg/kg but not 0.2 mg/kg cocaine compared to the chamber paired with 5.0 mg/kg amperozide. The results indicate that amperozide is appetitive. The most appetitive dose of amperozide (5.0 mg/kg) is less appetitive than the most appetitive dose of cocaine (20.0 mg/kg). More research is needed before conclusions regarding the degree of abuse potential for amperozide can be made. Amperozide (FG 5606) is a unique compound that both enhances social cohesion and attenuates the appetitive properties of cocaine. Cocaine decreased social interactions in the tether paradigm. Treatment with amperozide restored cocaine-induced social withdrawal to near control levels and resulted in increases in social interaction in the conditions in which it was paired with saline. These results indicate that amperozide is effective in attenuating cocaineinduced social withdrawal and increases rat social interactions when given alone . The effects of amperozide on dopamine and serotonin receptors are believed to underlie the ability of amperozide to reduce volitional alcohol consumption (