Wham, bam, no thanks Uncle Sam
It is unfortunate that the strategic value of raising university endowments is judged entirely by the amount of money that can be raised quickly. Even worse is the idea that such endowments should be...
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Wham, bam, no thanks Uncle Sam
Limited raw materials and high standards of living mean future UK prosperity will be guaranteed only if we can deliver high-value, innovative products and services. These will come if we have...
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Wham, bam, no thanks Uncle Sam
Tim Knox (Opinion, THES, September 8) paints a picture of long-suffering universities being repeatedly undermined by the state. But students have had it much harder. We have seen many changes for the...
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Sign on to study
A 2 per cent income surtax on graduates would be a good idea (Letters, THES, September 8) if it created automatic funding and eliminated the chase for scholarships, grants and so on. How many hours...
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Copyright wrongs
Alan Story is misleading readers because of his inability to research his topic sufficiently before putting pen to paper (Letters, THES, September 15). Let me therefore set the record straight. There...
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Making problems look like a million dollars
Stephen Smale
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Forgive and remember
No Future Without Forgiveness
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When Brit grit met German dithering
The Burning Blue
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Only a whimper in face of the big bang?
A Different Approach to Cosmology
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No table left unturned in varied life of science
The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, Volume Four
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Can't count them on one hand?
Five More Golden Rules
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Einstein's angelic thoughts
Einstein, Physics and Reality
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is written by a former cabin boy: " Call me Ishmael... " The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and the...
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Higher channels
John Davies assesses the week's broadcasting (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week Piers Gough's survey of British architecture, The Shock of the Old, comes to a triumphant conclusion on...