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  4. Tableaus glorying in sawn-off corners

    Mamoun Hassan revels in the humanism of a unique film-maker. The film director François Truffaut, never one to hold back - he famously derided British cinema as a contradiction in terms - was quite...

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  5. Laurie Taylor column

    Gosh, Professor Lapping. Back so soon. You're looking well. Thank you, Maureen. I caught a little sun while catching up on essential reading by the pool. But time to get back into harness. Any urgent...

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  6. Leader: Them or us - a nasty test of altruism in academia

    The prime minister's demand for a review of the student fee, loan and grant regime is welcome. Such a review is overdue and should feed into the next spending review. But there is a risk that loss of...

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  7. Leader: A post-Randall rethink needed

    John Randall's departure from the Quality Assurance Agency has unleashed a flood of suggestions for improving quality assurance in higher education. These go beyond the present consultation exercise...

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  8. Letter: How the screw was put in scrutiny (1)

    In a letter in March, I argued for an audit scheme (Letters, THES , March 30). This idea has indeed been accepted and forms the basis of the current consultative paper. But the basic Quality...

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  9. Letter: How the screw was put in scrutiny (2)

    The resignation of John Randall as chief executive of the QAA points up the folly of abolishing the Council for National Academic Awards when the polytechnics were made universities. The CNAA was not...

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  10. Letter: How the screw was put in scrutiny (3)

    "When universities try to minimise outside scrutiny, you have to wonder what they are afraid of." Thus Liberal Democrat higher education spokesman David Rendel ("Randall's exit imperils light touch...

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  11. Letter: How the screw was put in scrutiny (4)

    The resignation of the QAA chief executive is not significant compared with the damage that may result if the plans for a severe reduction in quality assurance activity are adopted. My experience of...

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  12. Letter: How the screw was put in scrutiny (5)

    John Randall says it is time to put the interests of the consumer first (Soapbox, THES , August 24). It is great shame the QAA never seriously adopted this principle. The University of Leeds has...

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  13. Letter: How the screw was put in scrutiny (6)

    Now that he has some time on his hands, would John Randall care to supply an honest account and clear defence of his own "presumptions"? What conceptions of education and quality justify his habitual...

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  14. Letter: How the screw was put in scrutiny (7)

    Universities do not have products or customers. Universities are not businesses. Neither students nor employers (far less university staff) are assisted by false analogies between universities and...

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  15. Letter: How the screw was put in scrutiny (8)

    It is the RAE outcome, and not subject review scores, that is the defining standard by which the old universities judge themselves and, as a result, many academics now regard teaching as a burden and...

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