A tale of cauliflower and King's

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Self-satisfaction characterised Oxbridge dons in the mid-20th century, their fellowships having given them status. The colleges were prestigious educational centres that controlled admissions to the university, and the dons kept a close watch over their students. The colleges resembled families and the fellows governed themselves. However the dons' self-satisfaction was questioned in a book, 'Camford Observed', by two fellows of King's published in 1964. The authors, Jasper Rose and John Ziman, argued that the central bureaucracy resembled a cauliflower in that it looked brainy but had no mind of its own.

Officials and employees, College teachers, College faculty, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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Liars and cheats beset by scorpions

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The 1970s heralded a period of student unrest as they challenged the authorities in Oxford and Cambridge universities, England. Initially the university proctors, in Oxford, were unsure how to respond but gradually they found by opposing the students with force they were able to take back control. Some students in Cambridge were imprisoned for their actions. In the 1980s the university dons faced a decline in their salaries and many saw the change of polytechnics to universities as lessening the status of their universities. By the 1990s the government were call for more savings.

Analysis, Management, Universities and colleges, College administration, Student strikes, Excerpt, The Dons (Book)

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Feeding the enemy

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Germany was occupied by the Allies after the 1939-1945 war. There were four zones, each occupied by an ally. A plan to set up a Germany with no heavy industry was abandoned. The British had to help Germans bring in their harvest and repair their transportation system in order to avoid large-scale starvation of Germans. Political parties were encouraged in the British zone, but not in the Russian zone, and the Allies kept their part of Berlin out of Russian hands.

United Kingdom, Germany, History, British foreign relations, German history, German foreign relations

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