14 December 2017 What Is The Point Of University? Dissatisfaction increases. by Lynda Goetz Over the last few months student loans and university tuition fees have been in the news, as well as the apparently excessive pay of a number of university vice-chancellors. In a week when the latter subject has once again been the… Continue reading Issue 133: 2017 12 14: What is the point of university? (Lynda Goetz)
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Issue 132: 2017 12 07: Time For Reform (John Watson)
07 December 2017 Time For Reform It isn’t just Brexit. By John Watson Which is the precedent? The US in 1775 or Britain in 1536? Will the current period go down in British history as the start of a trip towards independence from Europe, or as the beginning of a social revolution? Both of them,… Continue reading Issue 132: 2017 12 07: Time For Reform (John Watson)
Issue 131:2017 11 30:A lens on the week
30 November 2017 A lens on the week UK BREXIT: Posturing, grandstanding and a smattering of mischief making, all the usual ingredients of the U.K.’s relationship with the Republic of Ireland, have been on display in relation to Brexit. The problem is the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. While no physical border is… Continue reading Issue 131:2017 11 30:A lens on the week
