A hairy tale of how plum jobs can go sour

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An examination of the difficulties that a writer can face when they are employed to produce the official history of an university, difficulties that can leave historians and university PR departments trading barbs and accusations of spin and historical irrelevance. Thomas Hinde, one of the writers of "The University of Southampton: An Illustrated History" unearthed many anecdotes about eccentric members of Southampton University's faculty from years past. However, none of these made it into the finished book, something that caused Hinde to ask for his name to be removed from the final publication. Southampton responded by accusing Hinde of not understanding the complexity of the project or the university and by stating that his work was not of high enough quality.

Historians, Authors, Writers, Works, Hinde, Thomas

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Talented, articulate, bullied and fobbed off

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Charles Birch, through his role as head of a pioneering scheme to provide careers advice to members of the travelling, or gypsy, community in Leeds, UK, aims to raise the educational aspirations of the travelling community, which traditionally has the lowest school attendance rate of any minority in the UK. Birch, who is himself from the travelling community and gained a first-class honours degree in education studies, argues that at present too many intelligent young travellers are slipping through the education system's fingers.

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Public affairs, Education of Disadvantaged, Social aspects, Education, Socially handicapped children, Disadvantaged children, Romanies, Educationally disadvantaged

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A modern Socratic gadfly?

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Philosopher A.C. Grayling argues that when you really understand a subject properly, you will be able to explain it in a clear and accessible manner. Grayling believes that this is not an approach shared by many of his peers who, he suggests, feel that works that can be consumed by the general public are not 100 per cent serious and, therefore, do everything they can to make their work excessively intense and technical.

Philosophy, Interview, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Grayling, A.C.

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