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  1. Quit asking 'what if...'

    Risk assessment has instilled irrational fear in academics. Just calm down, pleads Dennis Hayes A university administrator recently told me she was worried about security. At her university, there...

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  2. PhD and a side order of reality

    After gaining a doctorate, academics face years of poverty and semi-skilled jobs, says Simon Francis Young academics might think things will get better after they have gained their PhD, but their...

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  3. It's now no longer critical and nor is it thinking

    There are some things that can't be reduced to measurable skills, argues Frank Furedi Rather unexpectedly, I become weary when I hear someone promoting the virtues of critical thinking. My reaction...

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  4. My worst nightmare

    I used to work as a magician and occasionally performed in the US. On one trip I saw a gang of con artists performing the three-card trick on a New York street. I counted 13 members of the team,...

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  5. Best practice: Help in wrestling with ethics

    Every day, newspapers report new ethical dilemmas, many related to the latest technological breakthrough. Students on science and law-related courses are increasingly faced with ethical issues, but...

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  6. Don't let them nod off at the back

    Spicing up the tired lecture-hall dynamic can be no mean feat. Harriet Swain investigates how to rekindle the passion and keep your students coming back for more So you're facing a room of freshly...

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  7. What makes a successful democratic government?

    As the Labour Party prepares for its annual conference Vernon Bogdanor asks what the ingredients are for good leadership. It is easy for government to be successful. Mussolini, so it is said, made...

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  9. No longer up to their arses in alligators...

    What do dons do at 65? Scuba diving and zipping around in a Jag, for starters. Chris Bunting tries to keep up. Jim Godfrey and his wife, Marlene, are living the good life. It is not an extravagant...

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  11. Seeker of truths digging for justice

    Providing evidence of atrocities drives Margaret Cox to excavate mass graves despite being very squeamish, says Jennifer Wallace. Ten years ago, an archaeological team was sent to a Central American...

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