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  1. Letter: women plus maths... (1)

    Ann Hibner Koblitz and Neal Koblitz, reviewing In Code: A Mathematical Journey by Sarah and David Flannery (Books, THES , November 10), claim that "there is no excuse for allowing the severe under-...

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  2. Letter: women plus maths... (2)

    I was interested to read the articles by Sheldon Rothblatt and Jon Marcus on how women are overtaking men in universities (International news, THES , November 10). At Warwick Business School, we have...

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  3. Letter: public excellence (1)

    Andrew Oswald is not correct in asserting that "the best universities in the world are... private ones in the United States" (Letters, THES , November 17). A look at a widely used set of US...

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  4. Letter: public excellence (2)

    Claire Sanders's article on "privatisation" ("The survival of the well-endowed?, THES , November 10) provides useful insight for the growing higher education funding debate. Data on the size of...

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  5. Letter: homicide omission

    I read Adam James's article about homicide research ( THES , November 3) with particular interest, mainly because my partner, Kate Cavanagh of the University of Glasgow, has been an integral part of...

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  6. Letter: Blair traffic control

    It was good to see that The THES carried a back-page picture of the huge student protest against fees that took place in central London on November 15 ( THES , November 17). Some might say such...

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  7. Letter: weathering change

    Merylyn McKenzie Hedger ("Man is messing up the climate", THES , November 3) was right to flag the issue of climate change adaptation. For too long, debate has centred on how best to mitigate climate...

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  8. Letter: degrees of level-headed thinking (1)

    The latest version of the national qualifications framework is mostly good news ("QAA revises framework", THES , November 17). Positioning the foundation degree at HE level 2 alongside DipHEs and...

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  9. Letter: degrees of level-headed thinking (2)

    Am I alone in being thoroughly confused about the level of the ordinary (bachelor) degree? The Quality Assurance Agency's latest about the ordinary degree (now pitched at HE2 in a three-level...

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  10. Letter: degrees of level-headed thinking (3)

    In relation to the QAA national qualifications framework, I did not say "the original model with four levels was not thought through enough" ("QAA revises framework", THES , November 17). What I said...

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  11. Letter: racist 'logic'

    The British government's attitude towards immigration is profoundly racist; witness the differential treatment given to impoverished refugees and asylum seekers as against the welcome extended to...

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  12. Letter: Oxford equality

    In their latest analysis of Oxford University's admissions statistics, A. H. Halsey and N. G. McCrum ("The slow but certain arrival of equality at Oxford University", THES , November 17) show...

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  13. TV & radio guide - Friday

    (All time pm unless stated) Conquistadors (9.00 BBC2; 9.30 in Wales). “The Fall of the Aztecs.” Michael Wood starts a four-part travelogue-history series on the 16th-century Spaniards who overran...

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  14. A fresh approach to taking a bath

    With her book Bathing: The Body and Community Care , Julia Twigg hopes to bring new insights to carework by placing it in a broader social and historical context. Nothing could be more mundane than...

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  15. Return of the killer comb jellyfish

    As rogue jellyfish wreak havoc in the Caspian Sea, ecologist Henri Dumont warns that time is running out for indigenous species and local fishermen alike. What happens when an organism that has...

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