From rebel hero to brutal autocrat
Mugabe - Coming to Terms
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Rumbling Troubles outside Ireland's political ghetto
The Longest War
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Wretched rebuke to the West
The Price of Indifference
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A Homer who's not a Simpson for George
The Shield of Achilles
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Defiled by the menace of power
The Reckless Mind
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Life in the land of nods, winks and little shrugs
Italy and its Discontents
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The examiner's lot 2
One reason given for external examiners' inadequate remuneration is that academics are already salaried and do not lose this when they do outside work. Ironically, one argument previous governments...
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Poppleton in practice
Laurie Taylor ( THES , September 20) might think his report on Poppleton's use of the strictures of performance-related pay far-fetched, but save for lecturers' pay not yet being docked, there is no...
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In brief 1
I am in the writing-up stage of my own PhD ("How I stripped away postdoc depression", THES , September 20) and I have become so depressed that I am now watching the QVC shopping channel. What will I...
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In brief 2
The public stroking of new universities for their teaching should not distract us from an underlying agenda attempting to build consensus for reintroducing the distinction between "real" universities...
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Cafas question
I am disappointed with Colwyn Williamson's comments about Swansea Institute (Letters, THES , September 20). If I had tape-recorded, with his knowledge, the many telephone conversations that we had...
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'Arabist mafia' is news to us 1
Your front-page article "Arabist mafia claim sparks row" ( THES , September 20) is misleading. The only "row" is that sparked by The THES . Israeli academics and Arabists were both attacked in The...
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'Arabist mafia' is news to us 2
Neill Lochery's implausible claim about an "Arabist mafia" seems designed to detract attention from the real issue of academic freedom in the Middle East: the ongoing disruption by the Israeli...
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'Arabist mafia' is news to us 3
Neill Lochery questions the academic integrity and generosity of universities, Arab PhD students and Arab alumni. Does the same murky racist/political agenda underlie donations from alumni who happen...
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'Arabist mafia' is news to us 4
The South African Institute ("Security fury at Wits after clashes over Peres visit", THES , September 13) has a reputation as a forum for reasoned discussion and the airing of opposed views. It is a...