Why peace is a conjuror's trick
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion. Why do wars begin? The simple answer is they never end...
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'Education was a rumour - you'll think you'll never get in
Where can a former alcoholic with a criminal record get the chance to go to university? Chris Bunting reports on the provisional wing of the widening participation movement Anthony Hall was born into...
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When fear becomes another epidemic
Vaccination has revolutionised public health, so why is it now being viewed with such suspicion? Anna Fazackerley finds out Talk of a global outbreak of a new strain of killer influenza has been...
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Legacy of a witty populist
Alan Ryan remembers the prime mover behind the transformation of the US higher education landscape. Clark Kerr, who died on December 1 aged 92, was the most important figure in the history of public...
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Big history questions: Politics by other means or a cock-up?
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion The word "war" claims a certain dignity to its...
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Why peace is a conjuror's trick
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion. Why do wars begin? The simple answer is they never end...
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'Education was a rumour - you'll think you'll never get in
Where can a former alcoholic with a criminal record get the chance to go to university? Chris Bunting reports on the provisional wing of the widening participation movement Anthony Hall was born into...
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When fear becomes another epidemic
Vaccination has revolutionised public health, so why is it now being viewed with such suspicion? Anna Fazackerley finds out Talk of a global outbreak of a new strain of killer influenza has been...
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Legacy of a witty populist
Alan Ryan remembers the prime mover behind the transformation of the US higher education landscape. Clark Kerr, who died on December 1 aged 92, was the most important figure in the history of public...
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Nottingham job scale a disaster
Nottingham University has broken away from the rest of the higher education sector in its approach to pay and grading ("Nottingham strike threat over job scale", THES , December 5). Having been...
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Turn-up for the books 1
If I were not already comfortably aware that academics tend to be dafter than most, I would have had difficulty in crediting the proposal (Letters, THES , December 5) to give a 10 per cent tuition...
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Turn-up for the books 2
I was dismayed to see higher education minister Alan Johnson quoted as saying he sees nothing wrong with law students subsidising those studying chemistry and physics ("Grants may be key to success...
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Pay fight not over 1
Postdoctoral research staff have received little attention in the debate over the new pay structure ("AUT and employers square up over pay", THES , December 5). We stand to lose almost as much as...
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Pay fight not over 2
As a union member, I respect the right of Unison to fight for its members and I am pleased that it feels it has achieved a well-deserved pay increase for support staff. But I resent Christina McAnea'...
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Revive la revolution!
So, a battle is under way over Nelson's significance ("Historians battle over Nelson's reputation", THES , December 5). Since this battle seems to contain fashionable "what-iffery", is it time to...