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 123: 2017 10 05: Week in Brief: UK
05 October 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit JOHNSON RETREATS FROM LIMB: Last week Boris Johnson continued his attempts at backseat driving, telling The Sun that the Government must raise the minimum wage and pay more to public sector workers. He was also said to have set further red lines for Brexit saying that the transitional… Continue reading Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Week in Brief: UK
27 July 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS: Last week’s round of talks ended with little agreement. Points at issue include whether EU citizen should be able to bring their families to the UK without restriction, whether the European Court of Justice should have any jurisdiction in the UK, whether the British people… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Oxford (Chin Chin)
09 March 2017 Oxford – An Education For The Feeble Minded? Safe spaces scores should sort the sheep from the goats. By Chin Chin We all like reading about witchcraft and that is one of the main reasons why, when I saw that Michael Gove’s article Silencing dissent will blight our universities in Friday’s The Times… Continue reading Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Oxford (Chin Chin)
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: The Chilcot Report and Mrs May (John Watson)
14 July 2014 The Chilcot Report and Mrs May Why there must be no general election. by John Watson “Cripes!” as the late Boris Johnson might have put it. Oh, no, I’m not sure that I got that quite right. It is in “Game of Thrones” that losing generally leads to violent death. Boris is… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: The Chilcot Report and Mrs May (John Watson)
