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  1. Letter: Holes in job survey (1)

    You rightly commend British higher education institutions for the employability of their students ("UK degrees top tickets to jobs market", THES , April 6). Given that their data exclude diplomates...

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  2. Letter: Holes in job survey (2)

    There must be room for argument about whether employment after six months is the most meaningful test of employability. But even if it is, what stands out most from the figures published is the huge...

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  3. Letter: Hunger and GM crops

    Nick Birch (Cutting Edge, THES , March 30) justifies his genetically modified crop research by claiming that scientists need to improve crop production to feed a rapidly growing population. Since...

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  4. Letter: Community ignored (1)

    Widening access and social inclusion initiatives are not new ("Universities Scotland praises access efforts", For the record, THES , March 23). But they reflect a "deficit" approach to people,...

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  5. Letter: Community ignored (2)

    I see from your report on student numbers ("UK split in student numbers", For the record, THES, March 30) that Scotland and Northern Ireland are no longer part of the United Kingdom. "People under 21...

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  6. Letter: Doors are wide open

    The Library and Information Commission's recommendations that university libraries open their doors to the public sounded out of date ("College libraries to open to public", THES , April 6). Many (...

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  7. Letter: Cash questions (1)

    My daughter is pursuing a vocational degree at Leeds Metropolitan University. Now in her second year, she is fulfilling the mandatory requirement to work full-time for a whole year in industry. While...

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  8. Letter: Luton's cuts

    Your article "Lecturers protest at 2,000 job cuts" ( THES , April 6), was misleading in so far as it related to the University of Luton. Luton is aiming to cut fewer than 60 jobs and not the 100 as...

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  9. Letter: AS/A-level content

    My colleagues and I wonder whether university history departments are aware of the drastic drop in the knowledge their future students are likely to have with the new AS/A-level syllabus. Students at...

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  10. Letter: Cash questions (2)

    Have THES readers seen the booklet Financial Support for Higher Education Students produced by the Department for Education and Employment? At 75 multi-coloured pages, it will still leave students...

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  11. Letter: Research harmony

    David Packham drew attention to the conflicts that can arise when university research engages with business ("Public interest comes before industry profits", Opinion, THES , March 30). With the...

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  12. Leader: Twists in the tale of MIT's great web give-away

    Argument is hotting up over whether knowledge and information generated by universities should be made freely available or whether it should be regarded as an asset the university or the individual...

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  13. Universities fight South Africa's Aids crisis

    As South Africa prepares to lose more than 4 million people to Aids over the next decade, its universities appear to be the country's best hope for survival. Karen MacGregor reports. Like Banquo's...

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  14. Age of growing concerns

    Making the leap from adolescence to adulthood has never been more difficult, says social psychologist Terri Apter, which is why greater parental support is not only desirable, but essential. Parents...

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  15. Would you give a great idea away?

    In the fourth of our series on intellectual property issues, Stephen Phillips looks at commercialisation in the US, and Caroline Davis talks to a free information radical. The United States has...

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