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Prudence and precedents that fostered sense of duty
Adam Smith and the Classics
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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 work by a failed academic turned biographer: "The history of the Victorian Age will never be written...
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Laurie Taylor column
AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT From The University of Poppleton. YES, ITISTRUE. The government intends to raise tuition fees to a level that will leave most graduates in serious debt until well after their...
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Leader: Would Newman see his Idea in Labour's vision?
If the government set out to create a set of proposals that would divide the academic community, it could hardly improve on yesterday’s higher education white paper. For every researcher who approves...
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'We've no jobs. Education is our only hope'
Palestinian students are struggling to complete studies as financial support falters. Alex Klaushofer reports. As Israelis prepare to go to the polls, The THES looks at the impact of conflict on...
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'Some people won't shake my hand because I'm Israeli'
Israeli students believe that many Britons fail to understand the complexities of the Middle East crisis, reports Chris Bunting. For Uri Enoch, the most depressing thing about Israel's general...
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Time to make Nazis history, or is there life in Hitler yet?
The Third Reich has been rehashed and repackaged so many times that some are starting to think Britons have an unhealthy fascination with it. But, says Huw Richards, experts believe there is still...
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Swash and buckle of an officer and a historian
He's spent 25 years on the battlefield, but the closest that historian Brigadier Richard Holmes has ever come to live action is on TV, says Adrian Mourby. Richard Holmes arrives at his club in St...
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Our city, our future, in our hands
The Taliban is out and western aid agencies have flooded in. But are they there to help Afghans or to pursue their own homegrown agendas? Leonard Stone reports. The 8.30am flight from Dubai to Kabul...
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How 80,000 chemicals are waging sex war on us
Barnacles are undergoing sex reversal, male birds are taking over female nest-sitting duties, the male-to-female ratio in alligators is skewed and even humanity is experiencing changes. Martin Ince...
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Returning after a notable absence
Mandy Garner talks to a man eager to revive Afghan music. John Baily has been working on Afghan music for 30 years but his last visit to Afghanistan was 25 years ago when he and his wife, Veronica...
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Cutting edge: Heart steers head onto right track
When push comes to shove, the emotional area of our brain often overrules the rational in moral dilemmas. Geoff Watts reports. When moral philosophers explain how they might act if faced with a...
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Enabling admissions
We were interested to read that the Fair Enough? report recommends using criteria other than just A-level results to identify those likely to succeed at undergraduate level ("Don't rely on just A-...
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Mug's prediction
Your report on the new brand identity of "Imperial College London" (Diary, THES , January 17) followed close on the heels of its abortive merger with University College London. Years ago, I led a...