Driven people driven to destroy
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from the story of a sale of the century: "The King's head was framed against the London sky." * Entries,...
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Naturalist who was set free by Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
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The simple reductions leave many ideas unexplored
The Philosophy of Derrida
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The gay guide to God's word
The Queer Bible Commentary
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You can't buy love, but you can definitely buy learning
The Economics of Education
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Click era spawns a data-rich world
The digitisation of all aspects of life offers a treasure trove of empirical information that could help make social studies truly scientific. Bruno Latour assesses the potential. Who would know how...
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Great might-have-been hints at what might be
Born-again academic and former US presidential candidate Gary Hart gives Huw Richards an insight into Clinton's and Obama's chances in 2008. Gary Hart could be described as a born-again academic....
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How to get ready for the big ask
The Government wants universities to raise more income by fundraising. So can they learn anything from their counterparts in the US, where targeting the rich is a way of life? Stephen Phillips...
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Islam, rap and cultural harmony
Muslims are using rap and hip-hop to offer a more moderate and positive image of their faith to students. Music to my ears, says Michael Mumisa. An article in The Times late last year revealed that...
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Laurie Taylor Column
From: Jamie Targett Subject: Maintaining standards As you will be aware, this university is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic excellence. However, in order that this commitment...
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Students don't need 24/7 care 1
Come on, lecturers, get a grip! This is maternalism gone mad ("Corporate push spawns 24/7 culture", March 23). Even the most besotted parents don't give 24/7 attention to their newborns. Since our...
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Students don't need 24/7 care 2
Academics complain that they are too available, responding to e-mails and telephone calls any time, any day ("24/7 demand leaves staff besieged", March 23). The true problem is not managers who...
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Students don't need 24/7 care 3
So Andrew Devlin is making his stand for independence by not answering his e-mails on a US trip. That'll show them who's boss, eh? As there are 2 million people in the world without access to fresh...
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A marking mockery 1
I am a third-year student at Bournemouth University who took Paul Buckland's "reconstruction" unit last year and am taking his "archaeology of the medieval church" unit this year ("Marks U-turn is '...