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  1. Loudmouthed Milton man

    Has two and a half years as a dean at UIC turned the scourge of western civilisation into a softy? Larissa MacFarquhar talks to a 'reformed' Stanley Fish. Stanley Fish is a loudmouth, a show-off, a...

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  2. Capturing a two-headed creature

    When painter Daphne Todd agreed to a commission for a portrait of Girton mistress Marilyn Strathern she did not realise that she would also be the subject of study. The painter and the sitter both...

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  3. Making a soup out of Sodom

    Is much of the Old Testament little more than fairy tale? Possibly so, but recent research has shown that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah vanishing from the face of the earth might just be true. "...

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  4. Was Janet really 'raped' by a nerd?

    Hackers have been demonised by the media and authorities alike as crazed cyber-geeks hell-bent on destroying society. Sociologist Paul Taylor disagrees and views hacking as a legitimate pastime. Adam...

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  5. Life through a plate-glass window...

    When the University of Sussex opened its doors 40 years ago, it made history with its groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach to study. Brian Smith, one of the founding fathers, traces the...

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  6. Laurie Taylor

    Department of media and cultural studies. Maureen speaking. I am sorry you have got this machine, but I'm afraid that the office is now closed until Monday August 13 because of staff holidays. Or...

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  7. Leader: Time to wise up to reality of hardship

    The present system of student finance is wrong for many reasons. But for the politicians who must decide its future, two stand out. It threatens government targets for half the United Kingdom's young...

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  8. Letter: In brief (1)

    Thank you, Laurie Taylor ( THES , July ), for providing yet more material for my first-year women's studies BA students and further evidence as to why I am still a feminist. Phylomena H. Badsey...

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  9. Letter: In brief (2)

    If Alex Gregory is "ice-spying" on Europe's longest glacier, he will do it on the Aletsch Gletscher between Berner Oberland and the Kanton Wallis in Switzerland and not on Mont Blanc. J. R. H....

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  10. Letter: Filling hardship gaps

    I was disappointed to see that Sheffield Hallam was omitted from your list of top ten universities for opportunity bursaries ("Call to help needy students", THES , July ). At 153, our allocation is...

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  11. Letter: PC purchasing

    The total anticipated spending of the three university purchasing consortia associated with the tender process for a joint desktop-computers agreement has been estimated at £60 million per annum (...

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  12. Letter: In brief (3)

    "Chariot of fire" (not "chariots") is Blake, not the Bible and that is why it is not in BibleWorks (Books, THES , July ). The quotation in my ancient Concordance , is "chariot in the fire" (Psalm 46...

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  13. Letter: In brief (4)

    If having the letters OU in one's name improves the odds on becoming vice-chancellor of the Open University (Letters, THES , July ), may I put myself forward as Brenda Gourley's heir apparent? Koula...

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  14. Letter: In brief (5)

    After the Student Loan Company made such a song and dance about students not giving them forwarding addresses, I called to do just that... only to be told to call back next week. I am counting the...

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  15. Letter: ILT - free choice or forced entry? (1)

    I have followed the debate on the Institute for Learning and Teaching with interest but am dismayed at the exchange of personal insults (Letters, THES , July ). If we cannot debate...

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