RCUK spending review
Academic researchers are to have a say in what science the research councils fund. Research Councils UK has launched a consultation on the priorities for its 2004 spending-review bid. It suggests a...
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Honest trade is ticket to world wealth
Making Globalization Good
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Two hats, only one shirt
The Rise of the Player Manager
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A log book for heroes
A History of Black and Asian Writing in Britain, 1700 - 2000
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How to win votes and calm people
Sceptical Essays on Human Rights - The Rise and Rise of Human Rights
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work charged with indecency: "Madam, I sit down to give you an undeniable proof of my considering...
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New hybrids grown from very old roots
Postcolonial Plays
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Life of Czechs and balances
Double Act
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All the world really is a stage
Performance Studies
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Laurie Taylor column
Dear Maureen Sorry to be so elusive but it's difficult to pick up messages in the Pyrenees where I'm having a brief respite after a hectic fortnight at the Toulouse conference on Comparative...
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Alan Ryan
By 'dumbing up' in education, more people are studying for longer, but the end result is conformity and lack of imagination in the system. The annual recriminations over A-level standards invite an...
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Leader: Common ground for engagement
The Commonwealth appears an anachronism to many people, part of the outmoded paraphernalia of postcolonialism, more redolent of the middle of the last century than the new millennium. When it does...
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Leader: Words to tax ministers
When is a top-up fee an individualised graduate tax? Answer: never, according to the Department for Education and Skills. Ministers will continue to refer to variable fees, and this autumn's...
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Power to the people
Hasan Suroor outlines an initiative in India that aims to provide recourse to the law for ordinary people. Vast numbers of Indians have no idea about their legal rights and do not know where to turn...
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Association of Commonwealth Universities Conference Preview
ACU - Belfast 2003 Can universities worldwide make a difference to the viability and quality of the societies in which they are located, or are they expensive luxuries? Vice-chancellors and other...