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  1. On the move....

    Greenwich University has appointed Joanne Finkelstein, formerly at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, to the post of head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. David Clarke,...

  2. Learning to read the signals

    Enjoying your pheasant, Roger? Mother, it's absolutely delicious. Really scrumptious. I'm particularly enjoying the garlic and the taste of juniper. Oh good. I hoped you'd like it. And what can I say...

    #Laurie

  3. Rational religion

    Many religious believers do express their faith in the intolerant ways Sally Feldman illustrates (Columnist, December 14), but when she summarises that “all too often it’s religion that contradicts...

    #Letters
    #Opinion

  4. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

    'All predictions about the future have to be based on the past, so historians are best qualified to make them'. "That was a really depressing lecture, professor," said one of my students as we...

    #Columnists
    #Felipe Fernandez Armesto
    #Opinion

  5. 'Oxford' events firm under fire

    Critics say a US company charging £1,500 per participant for Oxford- based conferences is trading on the institution's name. Melanie Newman reports. A conference organiser has been criticised for...

    #Institutions
    #News
    #University of Oxford

  6. Well, it's a matter of, um, plain speaking

    Hot on the heels of the National Student Survey comes another weighty document. This time the students surveyed are from outside the UK and hail from Europe and the rest of the world. The...

    #Features

  7. One stroppy Lady

    Huw Richards meets the Anglo-Iranian academic who has recently been raised to the House of Lords. Haleh Afshar had more warning than most new peers about her elevation to the House of Lords, but she...

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  8. The wise men's gift

    In an increasingly competitive research market, smaller universities need to find a unique selling point. John Gilbey recounts the tale of one vice-chancellor and his miraculous present. The vice-...

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  9. Dark ages and shining swords

    From papal-backed campaigns in the Middle East to temperance leagues and the War on Terror, the Western idea of the 'crusade' has mutated but endured. Jonathan Phillips on a history of holy and...

    #Features

  10. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a foot soldier's memoir of his tour of duty: "It's incredible, it really is, isn't it?"." Entries,...

    #Books