Letter: Some paradoxes of participation 3
Tom Wilson balked at his own logic. Students choosing which university they attend will not be the issue if Estelle Morris allows the big pre-92 universities to crowd the new universities out of the...
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Letter: Pensions calculator
The Association of University Teachers thinks that changing the Universities Superannuation Scheme could assist in recruiting and keeping lecturers, principally by substituting 1/60th for 1/80th of...
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Letter: In brief 1
University College London's student union does sell bitter (Diary, THES , December 7). On Monday nights, lager is sold at 99p as part of a promotion. John Smith's was included but did not sell well....
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Letter: In brief 2
The article on Nobel prizes, "What does it take to be a consistent winner?" ( THES , December 7) states that "three of the five UK economics winners were from Cambridge". Former staff or students of...
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Letter: In brief 4
Why does Gill Evans (Soapbox, THES , November 30) see anything irregular in one individual's belonging to a number of committees at Cambridge University? In a large further education college, I am...
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Letter: Islamic oversights 1
Stephen Chan gave an incisive commentary on the complex changes taking place in Islam and the possible effects of an emerging world order ("A left too lazy to look the 'other' way", THES , December 7...
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Letter: Islamic oversights 2
Stephen Chan says Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilisations" treatise is "appalling", yet his statement that "by invading Afghanistan, the United States is participating in a clash of civilisations...
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Letter: No satisfaction 1
What are we to make of the proposal to use a first-destinations survey to measure student satisfaction ("Graduates to rate quality", THES , November 23)? The government may wish to rebut criticisms...
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Letter: No satisfaction 2
A survey suggests that only 8 per cent of students "embark on tertiary education with anything approaching a keenness to learn" (Why II, THES , November 23). At last some honesty. As one who was part...
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Letter: Make the effort for all
The report "Disabled student paid settlement by UCLan" (Whistleblowers, THES , December 7) raises the issue of how to close the gap between a university's objectives and what happens when a...
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Study fuels argument on benefits of arms exports A new Ministry of Defence study on the economic costs and benefits of UK defence exports was yesterday seized upon by both sides of the argument on...
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100 Birmingham jobs under threat Birmingham University's new vice-chancellor, Michael Stirling, has told academics and support staff that up to 100 jobs may be axed as part of a restructuring...
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