High price of terror
If the announcement of cuts in Northern Ireland research, student awards and inservice teacher training funds is disgraceful, the view of the secretary of state is stunning. Sir Patrick Mayhew is...
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Wellcome comment
Neville Hodgkinson makes a slight error in his comment on my review of his book on Aids (THES, December ). When the piece was published (though not when it was written), I had already ceased to be a...
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Dons's Diary
Monday Lazy Cypriot winter's morning: relaxing in my over-grown garden. Weather is mild and clear. I finish reading Dervish, the Making of Modern Turkey by journalist Tim Kelsey. Very enjoyable, if...
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The growl and the pussycat
I once tried to tackle the issue of a colleague who was being systematically bullied by her superior. I complained to someone higher up but was told no action could be taken without witnesses and,...
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Weave ideas for material change
Organisational learning is far more difficult to achieve than individual learning, since knowledge has to be shared and woven into an institution's very fabric. Ideally, organisational learning...
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Speaking Volumes: Hubert Butler's Escape From the Anthill
On Hubert Butler's Escape From the Anthill. I read Escape from the Anthill at one sitting. It was a snowy day in January 1986, and I was waiting in a Dublin club for somebody who turned out to be...
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The man with a little cross
Samuel Beckett - Damned to Fame - The World of Samuel Beckett 1906-46
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How Fifi became free
Retrospective Sympathetic Affection
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The solid and the deceased
In Defence of Sociology
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An enclave too far
Srebrenica
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First Impressions
This week's First Impressions comes from a English poet known for his critical works: "An ambiguity, in ordinary speech, means something very pronounced, and as a rule witty or deceitful." Entries to...
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Association of University Teachers call on Forsyth to support an independent pay review body
* The Association of University Teachers has called on Michael Forsyth, secretary of state for Scotland, to support an independent pay review body for academic and related staff, writes Olga Wojtas....
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Bark and bite of bioethical watchdogs
Ruth Chadwick charts the ethical course of revolutionary genetics The challenges for bioethics - the exploration of the ethical, social and legal issues raised by advances in medicine and the life...
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It's not too late to say sorry
Education troubleshooter Sir Ron Dearing protected the National Coal Board from some of the political consequences of the 1966 Aberfan disaster, according to papers released by the Public Records...
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Orange disorder
An Ulsterman has returned after 20 years teaching politics in Australia to accuse Unionists of stalling the peace talks and promoting sectarianism. The son of a late Ulster Unionist hardliner, who...