Universities are a useful indicator of an advanced society. They represent those essential values of learning, scientific development and the cultivation of culture and the arts.

They stand as beacons of understanding and reason and they challenge bias and ignorance in a world which would otherwise be devoid of the tolerance and humanity which only education can foster.

In view of their intellectual status and their economic importance, it is sad that one of our universities appears associated with the dark ages of war and its associated brutality.

Queen’s University has a fine tradition for academic excellence, but its chancellor supports Israel’s slaughter in Gaza.

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Hillary Clinton is the university’s chancellor. It is an honorary post which carries no significant responsibilities, but it is seen as something of a coup if a university can persuade a well-known personality, especially one with influence, to act as chancellor. Mrs Clinton is indeed well known and has used her influence globally.

She supported the (illegal) US invasion of Iraq in 2002, later claiming that she misunderstood what she........

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