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  2. TEF: to keep it simple would be stupid

    The article on staff teaching qualifications suggests that the high number of “unknowns” is an obstacle to the inclusion of this measure in the teaching excellence framework (“Will lack of data on...

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  3. Future-proofing Heythrop

    In the weeks since the difficult decision was made that Heythrop College would cease being a constituent college of the University of London in three years, our governors and staff have been...

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  4. Clear up admissions melee

    Robert Allison was right to point out in a blog post that the admissions system is confusing and unfair (“Clearing 2015: universities must put students first”, 12 August). As the recruitment cap is...

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  5. A new Dark Age

    My flabber was well and truly gasted when I read Sorana Vieru’s views on university education (“Sector ‘stuck in the Middle Ages’”, News, 13 August). In what sense can the university curriculum and...

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  6. What are the chances?

    I haven’t read the article in the national press about an Open University algorithm that can forecast a student’s final grade “within just a week of their starting their course” (The week in higher...

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  7. A question of satisfaction

    More than 300,000 individuals answering 23 questions, each with five possible responses (“NSS 2015: £9K tuition fees fail to dent satisfaction”, News, 13 August). Yet the Department for Business,...

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  8. Prizes for dismal science

    Paul G. Ellis points out that if the award of Nobel prizes this century is quantified per capita, then the US lead over other countries seems rather less impressive (“And the awards go to…”, Letters...

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  9. Follow my lead, turkey

    I was astounded to learn that the University of Michigan has been “terrorised” by a turkey (The week in higher education, 6 August). One wonders why the faculty didn’t come out performing the “turkey...

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