Leader: Sour notes lost in political noise
Party conference season is no time to expect straight answers to awkward questions about any policy, let alone one as sensitive as the introduction of top-up fees. There is too much at stake for the...
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Leader: Professional pointers
Today sees the launch of the new Professional section in The THES , which brings together our regular coverage of teaching issues and other career-oriented features. Six regular columnists will...
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Leader: Sour notes lost in political noise
Party conference season is no time to expect straight answers to awkward questions about any policy, let alone one as sensitive as the introduction of top-up fees. There is too much at stake for the...
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Why don't scholars admit that holy war means war?
Jihad is a fundamentally martial concept, but, Daniel Pipes says, most US specialists on Islam paint it as a struggle for self-improvement and social justice and, in doing so, camouflage the very...
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Postcolonial paradoxes and posters from the edge
A group whose work explores the Francophone world's contradictions and ambiguities is threatened by the proposed concentration of research funding, says Michael North. The anniversary of 9/11 seems...
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When ref fails to blow whistle
Flawed research on the dangers of ecstasy published in Science has led to questions about the quality of peer review, says Anna Fazackerley. Almost a year ago, the US neuroscientist George Ricaurte...
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We don't lack skill -just political will
The UK could have contained or even prevented disasters such as the BSE crisis if policy-makers had not dismissed expert scientific advice, Hugh Pennington argues. There is a paradox. The British...
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Bin Laden sure didn't read any beer mats
9/11 was a wake-up call for cultural theorists focused on vampires and discos. It is time to return to big ideas, says Terry Eagleton. My new book, After Theory , provoked one predictable reaction...
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Why don't scholars admit that holy war means war?
Jihad is a fundamentally martial concept, but, Daniel Pipes says, most US specialists on Islam paint it as a struggle for self-improvement and social justice and, in doing so, camouflage the very...
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Postcolonial paradoxes and posters from the edge
A group whose work explores the Francophone world's contradictions and ambiguities is threatened by the proposed concentration of research funding, says Michael North. The anniversary of 9/11 seems...
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When ref fails to blow whistle
Flawed research on the dangers of ecstasy published in Science has led to questions about the quality of peer review, says Anna Fazackerley. Almost a year ago, the US neuroscientist George Ricaurte...
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We don't lack skill -just political will
The UK could have contained or even prevented disasters such as the BSE crisis if policy-makers had not dismissed expert scientific advice, Hugh Pennington argues. There is a paradox. The British...
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Bin Laden sure didn't read any beer mats
9/11 was a wake-up call for cultural theorists focused on vampires and discos. It is time to return to big ideas, says Terry Eagleton. My new book, After Theory , provoked one predictable reaction...
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Find science's missing millions
When will those who commission scientific research and support undergraduate teaching in such subjects do their sums and pay the real overhead costs ("Clear improvement?", THES , September 26)? We...
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Money for nothing?
So, farewell to the Institute of Learning and Teaching in ÌÇÐÄVlog ("ILTHE to vote on disbanding", THES , September 19). The business of improving teaching and learning by encouraging staff...