Militants stop the clock on reforms
Ambitious bids for reform by lecturers' and students' leaders have been thwarted by concerted opposition from the conference floor. Natfhe general secretary John Akker lost the argument against a...
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A theatre of arrogance
Jonathan Ree describes how E. P. Thompson's savage attack on Parisian intellectuals was a calculated caricature that misjudged the capacity for irony of his readers. On the other hand," people will...
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Uprooting red daffodils
Anita Roy talks to professor of English, Meenakshi Mukherjee (right) about her iconoclastic approach to not-so-sacred texts. Owls are traditionally associated with wisdom in the west. In Hindu...
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Hate couture
Stella Hughes reports on the unpleasant experiences of an academic who chose to study French skinheads. French skinheads came under the spotlight last month when a young Moroccan strolling along the...
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Man: the story so far
Are humans different from animals in degree or in kind? Tim Ingold argues that the new Darwinism, far from offering a solution, is riddled with contradictions. Do human beings differ from other...
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Jeux sans frontieres
This week The THES debate on Darwinism moves to its impact on subjects outside biology. Here Kam Patel talks to psychologist David Buss (below). Overleaf Tim Ingold considers the relevance to...
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The parts league tables do not reach
I read with interest the university league tables (THES, May 19) There are many issues surrounding the formulation and presentation of league tables for universities but one in particular concerns me...
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A Victorian plot to drive down wages
Kathryn Ecclestone's letter (THES, May 26) is a welcome, commonsense response to the wilder advocates of "NVQs for everything" but she holds back from the deserved total condemnation of the idea....
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a sharp-eyed lawyer: "With increasing distance our knowledge fades and fades rapidly. Eventually we reach the dim boundary, the utmost limits of our telescope. There...
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Speaking Volumes: The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Graham Farmelo on Paul Dirac's The Principles of Quantum Mechanics . I shall always be indebted to Jeremy Thorpe's Liberal Party. As a teenager, it enabled me to earn my spending money and the job...
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A dose of a rational health service
Medicine, Rationality and Experience
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A female Ulysses
No Gifts from Chance
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A Pole apart
The Story of a Marriage - The Story of a Marriage
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Continental drift
Migration - Nation and Migration - Migration and Identity - Desh Pardesh
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Distinguishing features
A Passion for Difference