Letter: stress accuracy
Contrary to your article (News, THES , November 10), the Health and Safety Executive did not uncover "serious problems with the handling of staff stress at Luton". Rather, the concern was to ensure...
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Letter: myths about guns and violence (1)
I read with appreciation how Michael Bellesiles's research on gun mania in the United States revealed that pre-civil war gun ownership and murder rates were rather low ("Who said your daddy's daddy...
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Letter: myths about guns and violence (2)
Your feature, "It really was murder at the office today, darling" ( THES , November 3) was disturbing. It described the professionalism, sensitivity and seriousness of two researchers who cited...
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Letter: death of a quango
The last annual conference of the Further Education Funding Council tended to demonstrate its arrogance and conceit. The council distinguished itself by inspecting colleges, finding them efficient...
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Letter: reason to rebel
Why is Hugh Stephenson prepared to submit his arguments for not filling in his research transparency review form to the judgement of THES readers and yet not take them to his own university senate as...
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Letter: private and public
Your excellent article on the privatisation of universities omitted three things (Analysis, THES , November 10). First, random samples of voters show that people put public spending priority on...
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Daily TV & radio - Friday
Wainewright the Poisoner (9.00 R4). Andrew Motion’s biographical excursion turned into a radio play by Peter Straughan. The War Behind the Wire (9.00 BBC2, 9.30 in Wales). Colditz recalled by its...
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Further education: come the revolution
Colleges have had a rougher ride than universities, but they still offer opportunities, says Colin Flint Now that Simon Schama has concluded his splendid television series on the history of Britain,...
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Further education: let's work together
The Learning and Skills Council will work well with the higher education sector to expand opportunities, says John Harwood The Learning and Skills Council brings together for the first time the whole...
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Further education: ready to meet the challenge
Funding cuts have not halted the amazing rise of further education, says David Melville. As the Further Education Funding Council comes towards the end of its life, it is time to look back over the...
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Higher Channels
David Attenborough’s State of the Planet series devotes its second episode (Wednesday 9.10 BBC1) to a useful exposition of the "five human activities that are most threatening to biodiversity" (they...
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What a bit of dignity teaches us
He was once a prisoner at the mercy of the law. Now he is a judge who makes it. Albie Sachs tells Chris Bunting about justice and human rights in South Africa. Every afternoon, Albie Sachs listened...
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Marry up and stay home
It is not lack of opportunity that stops women climbing the career ladder, says Catherine Hakim, but their choice of marriages of unequals. Women have flooded into higher education over the past four...
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Psychiatry in dock as killers contribute toa boom business
With increasing litigation and strong links between crime and mental health, forensic psychiatry is a growth industry in America. Tim Cornwell reports. Forensic psychiatry, the mingling of psychiatry...
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Roll up for enrolment
Every year, increasing numbers of young people are able to enjoy the benefits of a university education. But, asks Alison Wolf, what about those who are left behind? 'If 100 percent participation...