Passing a moral buck
What drives Joanna Bourke to classify as "cowardice" the healthy instinct for self-preservation, the taking of responsible decisions about the welfare of families and one's own future, and moral and...
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Standard baring
Brian Brivati is entitled to his views about Oxford, but he seems to have based much of his argument on a simple fallacy (Soapbox, THES, June 30). Teaching quality assessment says nothing about the...
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Standard baring
Brian Brivati helpfully notes that his own Kingston University was responding to the needs of society but without declaring which particular society he had in mind. As joint editor of New Labour in...
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Thirst for firsts
The debate over University of York vice-chancellor Ron Cooke's "plea for firsts" to external examiners will surely surprise few academics or university administrators (News, THES, June 30). The...
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Thirst for firsts
The study on degree classifications referred to in your story was a collaborative undertaking contributed to by colleagues from Anglia Polytechnic, Derby, Liverpool John Moores, London Guildhall and...
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Offside broadside
Gary Day's review of my book Dumbing Down (Books, THES, June 30) is so full of misinformation and misrepresentation that it could well merit a place in the Guinness Book of Records. First, my book...
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Offside broadside
I have never heard of Gary Day, which means that I know as much about him as he seems to know about me and LM, the magazine I edited until it was forced to close following a libel case brought by ITN...
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It's time to pay up for fairness and quality
If universities can't set their own fees, they will sink. David Greenaway and Michelle Haynes, and (below) David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald, make the case for charging students up to Pounds 4,000...
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Bigger fees - or failure
If universities can't set their own fees, they will sink. David Greenaway and Michelle Haynes, and (below) David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald, make the case for charging students up to Pounds 4,000...
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Collaborative cells
Canada's new and better-funded medical research agency will have a holistic view of medicine at its heart. Philip Fine reports Canada has launched a revamped medical funding agency that will try to...
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Catch a cold when you're stressed and your mental performance will suffer
But the answer could lie in a simple cup of coffee The common cold might be classified as a minor illness, but its effects can have a serious impact on quality of life, on the health services and in...
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Preparing for the age of total mobility
Internet-friendly mobile phones will soon be everywhere. Wendy Barnaby explains how they work At the end of this year, the electronics giant Philips launches new mobile phones. Proud owners will be...
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Treating model patients
It may not be as dramatic as ER, but the interactive, computer-simulated accident and emergency department being tested in Glasgow could speed treatment and save lives. The model has been designed by...
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Little bit under the weather
On June 17 1998, athlete Ato Boldon produced the best performance recorded in the men's 100-metre sprint. Yet his time of 9.86 seconds did not break the world record. According to Jonas Mureika, a...
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And the first prize goes to...teaching
The National Teaching Fellowships Scheme is shortly to award its first 20 prizes. But, as Jennifer Currie reports, the winners see the awards less as personal gain than as a tribute to their...