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Geoffrey Alderman

Geoffrey Alderman studied history at Oxford; amongst his teachers were Sir Martin Gilbert, the late AJP Taylor and the late Dr Cecil Roth. From 1972 until 1994 he taught history and politics in the University of London, at which in 1989 he was promoted to a personal chair. He is currently Michael Gross professor of politics & contemporary history at the University of Buckingham

July 2012

  • Jonathan Sacks,

    Cif belief
    Once, the chief rabbi represented all British Jewry. No longer

    Geoffrey Alderman

    Geoffrey Alderman: The falling-out over gay marriage demonstrates that Jonathan Sacks' successor will be only the head of a centrist rump

June 2012

  • International Baccalaureate students at Impington Village college, Cambridgeshire

    Are colleges being overseen by the right inspectors?

    Geoffrey Alderman
    Private school inspectors are now scrutinising colleges that want to admit international students. But why, asks Geoffrey Alderman

March 2012

  • The home secretary, Theresa May

    Private colleges are being sacrificed to please the anti-immigration lobby

    Geoffrey Alderman
    High fees plus the prohibition of any part-time working by international students at private colleges have ensured the dramatic contraction of the industry, says Geoffrey Alderman

January 2012

  • Press TV newsroom, Tehran

    Suppressing Press TV is deplorable – Ofcom should restore its licence now

    Geoffrey Alderman

    Geoffrey Alderman: Ofcom is banning the station on spurious grounds, and this move will only serve to increase anti-western sentiment in Iran

September 2010

  • Cif belief
    Rabbi Sacks, faith, and certainty

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    Geoffrey Alderman: The chief rabbi thinks faith is about the courage to live with uncertainty. I beg to differ

August 2010

  • Oxford University student

    University interviews are vital

    Geoffrey Alderman

  • Cif belief
    This line on gay Jews is quite orthodox

    Geoffrey Alderman

July 2010

  • Private universities are no threat to academic standards

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    Geoffrey Alderman: Universities such as Buckingham rely on their reputation – if they failed to maintain standards they would not survive

  • First-class degrees may soon really be first-class

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    Geoffrey Alderman: New reforms mean that university qualifications will be subject to national academic standards. It's about time
  • Derek Bentley

    liberty central
    Resisting calls for a new death penalty

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    Geoffrey Alderman: Those of us who oppose capital punishment will have to clarify arguments against the inevitable clamour for its restoration

June 2010

  • British Airways strikers give the thumbs down to a passing plane

    Trade unions: power without responsibility

    Geoffrey Alderman

  • Bring on the history revolution in schools

    Geoffrey Alderman

May 2010

  • What next – penalising students for taking caffeine?

    Geoffrey Alderman
    Geoffrey Alderman: The war on drugs has been lost – it's time to rise above the moral panic and decriminalise, regulate and tax

April 2010

  • Campus conflict
    Free speech on campus rightly has limits

    Geoffrey Alderman

    Geoffrey Alderman: Freedom of expression is a precious commodity, but it does not give academics or students the right to break the law

  • General election 2010: Cif at the polls
    The Jewish vote really does count

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    Geoffrey Alderman: History suggests British Jewish leaders are wrong to shy away from the notion of distinctive voting patterns among Jews

  • Student consultation is a gimmick

    Geoffrey Alderman
    Geoffrey Alderman: Evaluation questionnaires will not raise standards in universities – but students will soon be able to vote with their feet

March 2010

  • Why university standards have fallen

    Geoffrey Alderman
  • John Terry and Fabio Capello

    Footballers have a right to privacy

    Geoffrey Alderman

February 2010

  • A victory for British universities

    Geoffrey Alderman

    Geoffrey Alderman: A court of appeal ruling over an exam marking row should help prevent the further erosion of academic standards

December 2009

  • Legal highs are not a police matter

    Geoffrey Alderman
    Geoffrey Alderman: The penalties meted out to children using legal substances such as mephedrone are outrageous, as is the police involvement
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