Fred of Arabia

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Professor of international relations at the London School of Economics Fred Halliday explains that growing up a Catholic in Dundalk, Ireland, the headquarters of the IRA, has made him deeply sceptical about the role of the clergy in politics. Halliday, one of the few British international relations experts who has been able to empathise with the former Soviet Union, Iran and South Yemen, admits to being a Marxist while specifying that there is much in Marxism that he does not agree with. He does not fear Islam as a religion but cites fundamentalist Islam as a threat, particularly to Muslims.

Halliday, Fred

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Pension pays, Essex profits

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Joe Foweraker, head of the government dept. at Essex University, England, feels that creating a pool of casual labour to free big-name academics for research is to everyone's benefit. He explains that employing post-graduate students as part-time teachers helps those students pay for their studies, as well as improving their employment prospects. However Bernard Ready, who teaches on a casual basis after taking early retirement as chief research officer in the university's chemistry dept., feels that the casualisation of the workforce does not make economic sense in the long run.

Human resource management, Universities and colleges, Schools, Essex, England

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Right said Sir Fred

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Sir Fred Hoyle, an astronomer of world standing, is sceptical about NASA's claim to have evidence showing life on the planet Mars. Hoyle, aged 80, feels that NASA may have a political interest in this theory. Hoyle has been outspoken on many issues, particularly his view that life on earth came from outer space, and many of his views are contrary to current theories. In retirement he continues to publish his ideas, primarily in non-fiction books.

Biography, Astronomers, Hoyle, Fred

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