Journal defended
The Political Studies Association decided the editorship of its new journal after consultation and competitive tendering (including a bid from the London School of Economics), not by holding a &...
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Journal defended
In a hostile review of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations , Alex Danchev chooses to use as part of his case an obituary of Jim Bulpitt. This is an inappropriate reference to...
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Welcome coverage
I applaud your recent coverage of South America, in particular Chile ("Protests lead to merger", THES, September 22). This fascinating continent tends to be little understood by...
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No profit in conflict
Vice-chancellors must steer clear of personal commercial involvement, argues Gillian Evans When you become vice-chancellor of a high-profile university that has announced that it wants to build links...
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Quality without playing games
How can we best monitor standards? Roger Brown outlines his ideal evaluation regime It is too early to say whether the Quality Assurance Agency's new quality framework will deliver, but, as a report...
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Why I...believe Gao Xingjian does not deserve the Nobel prize
Bill Jenner Professor of Chinese studies Leeds University There was obviously a feeling among the judges of the Nobel prize for literature that it was time to recognise a writer from China, the only...
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Commonwealth studies must fight its corner
The Commonwealth is not 'the tail-end of empire' and its study offers significant political insights, argues John Morgan. The University of London's Institute of Commonwealth Studies is the only...
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Laurie Taylor
From: The departmental secretary (Maureen) Subject: Emails As you will see from the circulation list I have included at the foot of this email, I am now writing to all academic members of this...
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Spinning a tale of duty and money
Dancing in the Street
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A capitalist bear in Labour's camp
A Strange Eventful History
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The road from fruit and veg to purest iron
Robin Butler welcomes a survey of Baroness Thatcher's early years One of the tasks delegated to the cabinet secretary by successive prime ministers is the vetting of mini-sterial memoirs. The idea is...
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Scientists on the horns of a dilemma
Horn of darkness
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Still refusing to confess
Elizabeth I