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  1. Lunar men who lit up the world

    Today's researchers can learn much from the zest, bravado and informality of the 18th-century Lunar Society, argues Jenny Uglow. The story of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, which flourished from...

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  2. Leo makes managers kings of jungle

    With the public sector set to be a flashpoint at the Labour Party conference, The THES takes a look at the ways in which higher education informs policy. The NHS Leadership Centre is working with...

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  3. Love, care, intimacy, children and Tony Blair

    Research shows relationships and work patterns have changed drastically and policies will need to reflect this. Fiona Williams reports. What matters to people in their relationships, how is that...

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  4. For the greater good of my CV

    Promoting civic duty by selling volunteering as a way to boost job prospects is fine - just don't call it volunteering, argues Frank Furedi. We inhabit a world of political apathy and social and...

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  6. Creative premises you can build on

    Architecture is high on the agenda as universities grapple with the challenges of expansion and new ways of learning and teaching. Harriet Swain reports. For months, concrete mixers, cranes and...

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  7. The examiner's lot 1

    Anthony Gale says external examining is badly paid (Letters, THES , September 20), but so is much of what academics do. Research I conducted with Phil Harris on external examining for law schools...

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  8. The examiner's lot 2

    One reason given for external examiners' inadequate remuneration is that academics are already salaried and do not lose this when they do outside work. Ironically, one argument previous governments...

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  9. Poppleton in practice

    Laurie Taylor ( THES , September 20) might think his report on Poppleton's use of the strictures of performance-related pay far-fetched, but save for lecturers' pay not yet being docked, there is no...

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  10. In brief 1

    I am in the writing-up stage of my own PhD ("How I stripped away postdoc depression", THES , September 20) and I have become so depressed that I am now watching the QVC shopping channel. What will I...

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  11. In brief 2

    The public stroking of new universities for their teaching should not distract us from an underlying agenda attempting to build consensus for reintroducing the distinction between "real" universities...

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  12. Cafas question

    I am disappointed with Colwyn Williamson's comments about Swansea Institute (Letters, THES , September 20). If I had tape-recorded, with his knowledge, the many telephone conversations that we had...

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  13. 'Arabist mafia' is news to us 1

    Your front-page article "Arabist mafia claim sparks row" ( THES , September 20) is misleading. The only "row" is that sparked by The THES . Israeli academics and Arabists were both attacked in The...

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  14. 'Arabist mafia' is news to us 2

    Neill Lochery's implausible claim about an "Arabist mafia" seems designed to detract attention from the real issue of academic freedom in the Middle East: the ongoing disruption by the Israeli...

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  15. 'Arabist mafia' is news to us 3

    Neill Lochery questions the academic integrity and generosity of universities, Arab PhD students and Arab alumni. Does the same murky racist/political agenda underlie donations from alumni who happen...

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