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Steven Weinberg says that he finds it hard to see any reason other than anti-Semitism for the focus by British left-wing intellectuals on Israeli misdeeds. On the contrary, it seems to me that the...
Steven Weinberg says that he finds it hard to see any reason other than anti-Semitism for the focus by British left-wing intellectuals on Israeli misdeeds. On the contrary, it seems to me that the...
You quote Steven Weinberg as saying, "I can think of no other explanation for Israel's treatment than anti-Semitism" ("Jewish laureate calls off UK visit", May 25). Couldn't the world's longest...
Simon Festing of the Research Defence Society calls for openness (Opinion, May 18), but this is media spin, not genuine candour. For years, the RDS's disproportionate media focus on animal rights...
Aubrey Blumsohn's assessment of the worth of the UK Research Integrity Office (Peep's Diary, May 25) trivialises what is a serious issue. The fact is that the commercialisation of education can only...
Your reviewer takes me to task over my new book Why Beauty Is Truth (Books, May 25). Apparently my title is meaningless, my subtitle "A history of symmetry" is unhelpful, and "the cover image of a (...
Why is Oxford professor Peter Atkins so timid in proposing that the Government should "invest most of its funds in Oxbridge" (Opinion, May 25)? Surely, the optimal scenario is for there to be only...
Letter to Anthony Minghella, chair of the British Film Institute's board of governors, and Amanda Nevill, director of the BFI, copied to The Times Higher. We have read the document The BFI: A Preview...
The debt of thanks, which your editorial says universities owe to Tony Blair (Leader, May 18), will be questioned by a United Nations human rights body. Article 13 of the International Covenant on...
You reported that Leeds University had been criticised for cancelling a talk on anti-Semitism due to be given by Matthias Küntzel and has been urged to invite him back ("UCU condemns Leeds", May 18...
Real estate may dominate dinner-party talk, but few people think clearly about how the buildings they live in shape their lives. Leif Jerram (right) surveys their domestic and social roles, while...
Two leading scholars are battling with the Hong Kong Government to maintainacademic freedom. Edward Vickers reports These days, mainland China has become an object of general fascination. Staggering...
Blaming the internet and IT for the rise in plagiarism does not address the root cause for students' disregard of scholarly endeavour, says Hannah Devlin The rise of new technology is often portrayed...
"The National Union of Students will be launching a campaign to persuade all universities to extend anonymous marking to all coursework so as to prevent bias by staff" - The Times Higher, May 25 ....
In the private sector, scarcely a day passes without some company announcing the steps it is taking to be more friendly to its employees. Even the most demanding city employers use the vocabulary of...
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