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The Editorial of the Moment
Jacques Robert revisits the plagiarism committed by sociologist Jason Arday and how the University of Cambridge initially defended its professor before announcing an investigation, while Arday ultimately resigned. The affair reveals the failings of a university where identity politics and the pursuit of diversity take precedence over the rigorous evaluation of scientific competence and integrity.
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Starting from the controversy sparked by a tweet about Gaza, Nadia Geerts delivers a personal testimony which becomes a reflection on the ravages of conformism, disinformation and the rejection of facts in Western democracies.
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The University of Strasbourg is preparing for dhimmitude
Jacques Robert discusses the legal support provided by the University of Strasbourg to a doctoral student who unsuccessfully sued CNRS researcher Florence Bergeaud-Blackler: misuse of university mission and infringement of academic freedom.
Science, the Besieged Citadel
"Science, the Besieged Citadel" by Jacques Robert denounces the abuses affecting science and reason: the pervasive influence of ideology on critical analysis, numerous unpunished frauds, and the impostures of pseudoscience, with potentially serious consequences for society as a whole and the credibility of scientists. A review by Claudio
ESSEC: Inclusive management taken to the point of absurdity
The school's latest internal communication is a masterpiece of its kind. With the trembling seriousness of grand managerial rituals, we learn that ESSEC has decided to take a decisive step in the history of humanity: to integrate the F/H/X+ designation into its job postings.
Things seen in Bordeaux…
Our friend Vincent Tournier spent a few days in Bordeaux… He shares some anecdotes with us. It is generally in the details of daily life that the ideological obsessions of a society are revealed.
The numbers versus the myths
Michel Messu shows how Nicolas Pouvreau-Monti's new book deconstructs preconceived ideas about immigration and invites us to rethink this issue as a major political choice rather than an inevitable phenomenon.
Repetition for learning: rethinking school in the age of learning agents
Contemporary schools still conflate teaching, repetition, and certification within a single space: the synchronized classroom. This organization produces mechanisms of pedagogical confinement that discourage struggling students as much as it slows down the most advanced. This article proposes an alternative architecture: rehabilitating repetition as a legitimate learning space through