Spies wanted (academics need not apply)
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A professor of German politics at Nottingham University, England, describes how he found out he was listed on secret files formally held by the East German secret police, known as the Stasi. The records accused him of having links with the British secret services. The professor explains how he met one of the people, a fellow British academic, who accused him of begin anti communist. The professor undertook research into the politics and history of the German Democratic Republic in the 1980s.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2000
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Trying to keep the plates spinning
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A personal account of the day-to-day practicalities of running a textiles department in a school of art is presented. Issues of time management, prioritization, administration, funding and student support are raised.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2001
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In becoming a eunuch, I became a better man
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An academic's experience of being a better human being after becoming a eunuch through cancer therapy is presented.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2007
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