Disciples distort a master's mind
Reading Leo Strauss
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Party tricks
Parliament in the 21st Century
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel by a recently deceased Nobel laureate: "Their heads were huddled around the brazier, and their...
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Integration is a matter of good faith
The Islamic Challenge
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Bamboo curtain lifts to reveal a much brighter future
The Changing Face of China
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To save the Earth, call me. Al
An Inconvenient Truth
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No system ticks all the boxes
The Politics of Electoral Systems
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What Geneva convention?
The Powers of War and Peace
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Jewish pain is Zionist gain
Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood - Beyond Chutzpah
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RAE 2008: only the very best need apply
Researchers who might not make the (top) grade face exclusion as v-cs think tactics, writes Lee Elliot Major Universities are planning to submit only internationally recognised staff to the 2008...
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Liverpool slated as number of firsts soars
Liverpool University has been accused of lowering its academic standards after controversial reforms introduced during this year's pay dispute led to an explosion in the number of top honours degrees...
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'Both sides realise now that everyone benefits from strong, capable unions'
Trades Union Congress elects Middlesex University administrator Alison Shepherd as its next president Higher education will find itself at the heart of the union movement thanks to the appointment of...
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On the move...
Mike Pittilo , principal of Robert Gordon University, becomes patron of the British Association for the Advancement of Science's Aber-deen branch. Nigel Brandon , Imperial College London professor of...
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Bankruptcies on the cards
University heads predict that some institutions could go bust within three years as the top-up fees market starts to bite. Anna Fazackerley reports Splits are emerging in Whitehall over how to deal...
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It may have less cachet but students can cash in
Students who attend less prestigious universities could make more money out of their degree than their counterparts elsewhere, new research suggests, writes Anna Fazackerley. Consultants from...