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  1. Dynamism's dark side

    I read "Dynamic sector demands respect" ( THES , June 21) with trepidation, particularly a comment on a Universities UK report: "The government's desire to expand and diversify provision while...

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  2. English saviours and pseuds 1

    Anyone might think that English literature was in the doldrums after reading last week's THES . First came the news that "Manchester admits 'sexism and hostility'" then, in features, Bob Eaglestone...

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  3. English saviours and pseuds 2

    If "lit critters" really want to "sell" themselves, they should write comprehensible English. Even though I have a PhD in literature, I am baffled by the labyrinthine syntax and jargon-ridden prose...

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  4. English saviours and pseuds 3

    Bob Eagleston's hype that literary studies is a "unique and important way of understanding contemporary problems" would be more persuasive were it not a field so permeated by philosophical and...

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  5. Customer questions 1

    Stephen Burwood is correct: students are not customers ("Customer concerns", THES , June 21). As customers, we rarely aspire to perform the role of the person serving us; as students, we commonly do...

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  6. Customer questions 2

    In return for tuition fees, it is only fair for students to expect a high standard of teaching, access to information and other institutional resources. Teach them how to fish, but give them the...

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  7. Customer questions 3

    The charters of "old" universities define students as members of the university. They derive rights from, but also carry obligations towards, their institution. Customers do not carry specific...

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  8. Customer questions 4

    In the 1950s, at a Scottish university, I recall a foreign student who took private lessons in physics but was reluctant to pay until he had passed the exam on account of his belief that "if the...

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  9. Laurie Taylor column

    Good morning, and welcome to today's Board of Studies meeting, which will now reconstitute itself as the Board of Examiners. Any objections? One point. Why every year do we go through this farce of...

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  12. Commission Report: JRC Anual Report 2001

    Brussels, 26 June 2002 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION JRC ANNUAL REPORT 2001 Full text Brussels, 26.6.2002 COM(2002) 306 final

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  14. Finnish innovation cluster analyses its success

    Brussels, 26 June 2002 The region of northern Europe with the largest concentration of technology-related businesses, technical research, science and education - the Helsinki region of Finland - has...

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  15. Commissioners to attend metrology network launch

    Brussels, 26 June 2002 Commissioners Busquin (research) and Wallström (environment) will both be attending the kick-off meeting of a new network project, METROPOLIS focusing on better monitoring the...

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