Laurie Taylor column
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Leader: Beware of losing EU students
The number of undergraduates coming to the United Kingdom from other European countries has fallen by nearly a quarter since 1997. Cost will be one reason. The fall coincides with the introduction of...
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Letter: ILT inequalities
I am writing to support Gillian Howie's position on accreditation and the Institute for Learning and Teaching (Letters, THES , July 20). Professional bodies already accredit many higher education...
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Letter: Togetherness
Natfhe congratulates David Triesman on his move to the Labour Party ("Merger of unions back on the table" and Leader, THES , July ). His departure as general secretary of the Association of...
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Letter: Nature or nurture's role in race
"Institutional racism is rife in British universities according to a sociologist" (News, THES, July 13) and in general terms he is correct, but I see no good reason to focus on the institutional...
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Letter: Excluded from web
The proliferation of web-based research-awareness services is certainly welcomed by busy academics struggling to keep up to date in their research fields ("Stay up to date the (e)asy way", THES ,...
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Letter: Ethics in science (1)
The door against which Herbert Arst and Mark Caddick are pushing is yielding rapidly ("Who's watching over science?", THES , July ). The Academy of Medical Sciences is consulting on ways to...
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Letter: Ethics in science (2)
Psychological science already has a watchdog to investigate complaints against authors for unethical behaviour. Anyone found by the nat-ional society to have faked data, stolen ideas or otherwise...
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Letter: Filling the gaps (1)
It is good to see the gender gap in academic pay getting attention (News, THES , July 20), but what about the gap between academics and others? In the dim mists of time, academic pay bore reasonable...
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Letter: Filling the gaps (2)
You do not report any figures on those training to teach at tertiary level ("Trainee teachers still overwhelmingly white and female," THES , July ). More than 40 per cent of students on our full-time...
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Letter: Games people play
The research assessment exercise has become a competitive game in which the better players (not necessarily the better researchers) win through blatant manipulation of data ("Staff lose out in wily...
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Latest UK news
A-level maths not up to scratch The lack of geometry in the new A and AS-level mathematics courses means students no longer have a suitable foundation for university science and engineering courses,...
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From today's UK papers
The Independent US scientists, politicians and pressure groups were at loggerheads last night after the House of Representatives voted for a complete ban on human cloning - even if it were...
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From today's UK papers
Independent A wide-ranging government inquiry is to examine claims that radiation from nuclear power stations caused clusters of leukaemia and other cancers, Michael Meacher, the enviroment minister...
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Latest international news
US bans stem-cell research A bill banning all cloning of human embryos was passed by the United States House of Representatives by 265 to 162 votes today. An amendment to allow stem-cell research...