Book us a place in top ten
I was surprised not to find the library of the London School of Economics (the British Library of Political and Economic Science) ranked among the top ten libraries for expenditure on books, in your...
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No gagging order of day at Portsmouth
I really must correct your reporting of various events at Portsmouth (THES, 13 October13). An industrial tribunal found in favour of Mrs Tall, the former vice chancellor's secretary, in her pursuance...
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Spare an ear for unease
This week spare a thought for the animals. The number of transgenic animals bred and experimented on is rocketing; the issue of the "oncomouse", bred to develop cancer is in the news again, as is the...
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Let us firm up the foundations first
Last Sunday I told the Labour party's national education conference that I had changed my mind about the further expansion of the number of students entering higher education. I did so with the...
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Social whirl puts students in spin
"Can this be," mused an editorial in the Chicago Tribune, "the end of western civilisation as we know it?" The Tribune, the powerhouse newspaper of the Midwest, could not resist poking fun at the...
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Coffee and corpses kill the appetite
Like students all over the world, the medical students at one of Israel's leading teaching hospitals in Jerusalem look forward to their coffee breaks. Time to read a paper maybe or grab something to...
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Greek universities shut for week
Greek universities are to close for a week as a warning and longer if necessary if the government fails to solve their long-standing financial and operational problems. Their collective debt is...
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Romanians take to street
Romanian students have begun the biggest wave of nationwide protests since the 1990 student movement was broken up by miners in Bucharest. All student unions including the largest, the League, called...
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A long time choosing
Social Choice, Welfare and Ethics
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Anchors, bankers... and politicians
The Bank of England 1694-1994 - The Central Bank and the Financial System - The Future of Central Banking
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Cuddly capitalism
Capitalism With Morality - Real Freedom For All - The World After Communism - Economic Democracy - Passions and Constraints
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Dole line management
Actively Seeking Work
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Long march to reform
Economic Reform and State-Owned Enterprises in China 1979-1987 - Agricultural Reforms and Grain Production in China
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Married to the mop
The Social and Political Economy of the Household - The Measurement of Household Welfare
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On His shide of the street
Religion in Africa - The Church in Africa 1450-1950 - A History of Christianity in Africa