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Bard is a silent and talkie type
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film
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Fighter refused to play Hollywood's shame game
A Very Dangerous Citizen
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Sam and Jeannie get timely revamp
Reading the Vampire Slayer
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Hack pack on the rack
It Ain't Necessarily So
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Paddy Pantsdown and pals
Political Scandal
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is taken from a work by a journalist known for his cutting edge: "Once upon a time the English knew who they...
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Laurie Taylor column
" Peer observation of teaching is being held up as the next big quality tool " - THES , March 15 Ah, Professor Lapping. Please sit down. Welcome to the Peer Observation Exercise. Look here, Derek,...
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Leader: Time for government to curb creationist call
Emmanuel City Technology College in Gateshead has unleashed a whirlwind on those who complacently believed that we in Britain were safe from the creationist enthusiasms that have warped public debate...
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Leader: Universities must prove their ability to self-regulate
At last. The new quality-assurance regime unveiled this week looks fit for the purpose. The main emphasis will be on institutional audit and departmental review, with external examiners given beefed-...
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Letter: Acting out equality
"Don't deny spice of life" (Soapbox, THES , March 15) points out that universities and colleges need to act now to ensure that they comply with the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001...
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Letter: Where will envy lead?
Final-salary pension schemes are being phased out in the private sector to be replaced by money-purchase schemes that provide inferior benefits. It will be only a matter of time before the final-...
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Letter: Not that special
While glad to be included under "heavy hitters" in your piece on post-research assessment exercise funding losses ("Heavy hitters winded by huge budget cuts", THES , March 8), it is only because we...
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Letter: Truth about job losses 1
In your front-page article ("Grant cuts threaten 1,000 jobs", THES , March 15), you assert that Oxford Brookes University is "already facing the loss of 140 academic staff". This is not true. Oxford...
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Letter: Truth about job losses 2
You state that "Middlesex University is making six academics compulsorily redundant". This is not true. The university has lost 90 posts, mostly through not filling vacancies. After a review of...