Letter: In brief 3
Christians rely on the words of Lord Darling more often than do lawyers. That Nicholas Maude, finance director of London Guildhall University does (Letters, October 26), throws light on the dark...
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Letter: No, minister 1
"Universities are not the birthright for the middle classes," states education secretary Estelle Morris ( THES , October 26), but that is exactly what is happening under the present policy. In the...
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Letter: No, minister 2
So Estelle Morris intends to redefine higher education and wants "the presence of someone from higher education (to become) run-of-the-mill..." in schools. The Oxford English Dictionary defines run-...
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Letter: No, minister 3
Paul Ormerod is concerned about Estelle Morris's exhortation to universities to work with regional development agencies and local industry groups to produce research and teaching that is "relevant"...
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Letter: Invert that snobbery 1
In my experience, students cannot distinguish between "old" and "new" universities ("Students swayed by the old school", THES , October 26). Indeed, I have had to provide my research staff, some of...
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Letter: Invert that snobbery 2
Surely John Harwood and Mike Tomlinson must realise what a demoralising effect their comments on quality have on staff in further education colleges ("LSC chief defends comments", THES , October 19...
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Letter: Invert that snobbery 3
Paul Taylor (Soapbox, THES , October 26) provides discourse enough to underpin the looming barriers to progression from further into higher education. There is an obverse to his argument that there...
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Letter: Lack of places produces bias
Addressing gender barriers to career advancement within higher education is a complex issue, but Helen Hague's article ("How to make the old dinosaurs sing and dance to the tune of the new-girl...
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Record numbers start teacher training Recruitment to teacher training courses has hit a seven-year high. Education secretary Estelle Morris welcomed Teacher Training Agency figures which showed today...
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From today's UK papers
Training chief apologises John Harwood, the chief executive of the body responsible for post-16 learning and training in England, has issued a personal apology to college heads after he condemned 40...
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First RAE 2001 results expected next week Half the staff who were returned in this year’s research assessment exercise work in subject areas expected to gain the top 5 and 5* grades, according to...
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From today's UK papers
Drug trial plan offers hope to MS sufferers Hope could be offered to multiple sclerosis sufferers after the government revealed it may carry out clinical trials on 10,000 patients of the expensive...
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US crackdown on student visas The United States is to tighten checking and tracking procedures for overseas student visas in the wake of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. President Bush...