Odds and quads - 11 July 2013
These Tudor-era playing cards were found in the Muniment Room at Christās College, Cambridge, during renovation works in the 1960s and now reside in the College Library

These Tudor-era playing cards were found in the Muniment Room at Christās College, Cambridge, during renovation works in the 1960s and now reside in the College Library

British Institute of International and Comparative LawJan van Zyl SmitAn academic expert on reforms to the judiciary in states undergoing constitutional change has been made a research fellow of the...

David Cope defends merits of āmonetisingā in impact-focused era

Lecturers aid students in āSchool of the Damnedā

Western universities donāt expect new emir to shake up status quo
I was interested to see that Open University researchers are trying to map every tree in the UK (Campus round-up, June). The problem is, of course, that they wonāt see the wood.Michael...
There is growing evidence that marijuana may be helpful in the treatment of chronic pain, so I thought for a moment that approaching old age was about to become a little more pleasant when I read of...
For two reasons, John Linfootās letter on ācostingā student contact time made me smile (āContact lensesā, Letters, 4Ā July). On the one hand, his figures are awry: the figure of 300Ā notional ācontact...
Even as a mere masterās student at St Anneās College, Oxford, I was astounded by the antiquated and conflicting claims made by Anthony Rodriguez (Letters, June).First he refers to the ābizarre ordeal...
Wes Streeting is right that our universities must be places of empowerment and support for all students (āLeaders show how to build gay-friendly campusā, News, Ā June). An interesting area is how they...

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Ursula King hails a committed effort to advance interfaith relations

A rogueās gallery stopped the ācripplerā, but for how long? asks Helen Bynum

Fred Inglis welcomes fresh currents of political resistance

Alec Ryrie on an intriguing book that doesnāt do what it says on the tin