Look back in hardbacks
January: The American Historical Association convention in Atlanta starts the year off right. "Why Do Ruling Classes Fear History?" and Other Questions is displayed and my editor, Michael Flamini,...
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Calling Dearing II, Dearing II come in
Now the national curriculum is firmly established in schools, the inevitable mutterings about the standardisation of the curriculum in higher education are starting. The Secretary of State may have...
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Fooled in paradise
Margaret Mead's anthropological work was the cornerstone upon which much of the edifice of social conditioning was built. The problem is, argues Derek Freeman, it was built on a lie and it is time...
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And now for my next trick
Top sociologist Anthony Giddens has a knack for creating things. So what magic has this 'conjuror' got in store for the LSE when he takes over as director next month? Harriet Swain reports. An...
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In with the new
What will the humanities look like in 1997 and who will be the people to watch? Simon Midgley spots the trends and the stars in the first of a two-part series. Critical theoretical practices, long...
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00 VII?
Was Leonardo Da Vinci Machiavelli's informer? Tim Cornwell examines the evidence. A new book by a political philosopher reads, in stretches, like a CIA hunt for a double-agent within its ranks. A...
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Season's eatings
'Tis the season of goodwill and gluttony when college and campus tables groan with slabs of Christmas pudding and melt-in-the-mouth brussels sprouts. But not everyone joins in this festive time with...
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Beware devils wielding whips
Anyone emerging wanly today after the excesses of Christmas can console themselves with the thought that at least it was a lot shorter than Christmas in central and eastern Europe. The season there...
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Don's Diary
Saturday Wake up call at 5.30 am. Stagger out of bed, and do a final check of my suitcase, making sure I have not forgotten my lecture notes. I am to be a visiting professor at St Andrews Biblical...
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Why a pint is just a tonic
WITH Christmas and New Year upon us, a British analytical chemist believes there is every reason for those who enjoy the occasional for those who enjoy the occasional pint to take heart. According to...
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Up for the Cup
(Photograph) - Leeds University Rugby League club on the attack in their Challenge Cup tie against Hemel Hempstead last Saturday. The students' 26-12 win is a first step towards next May's Wembley...
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Super league derided
Calls from four leading research universities for a superleague of selectively funded institutions have met with cynicism from the funding council and the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals...
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Cash claims signal halt to FE growth
A RISE in claims for growth money from further education colleges this year is threatening to halt the increase in student numbers and plunge the sector deeper into financial difficulty. The...
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Transfer market block
Funding councils are to take action to prevent a repetition of the academic transfer market which developed last year as institutions built up departments for the research assessment exercise....
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Scotland moots idea of pay deal breakaway
SCOTLAND'S eight traditional universities may break away from United Kingdom pay negotiations if the current dispute continues. Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde universities have already...