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  1. Leader: Just who are you here for?

    Education suffers because teaching gets no respect. That must change, and academics can start with themselves

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    #Opinion

  2. From where I sit: Losing the power of concentration

    There's been a kerfuffle in Australia lately over literacy levels, as old statistics are trotted out yet again to make sensationalist headlines.This time it was the Australian Industry Group, which...

    #From Where I Sit
    #News
    #Opinion

  3. Michael Rose, 1937-2009

    Michael Rose, a leading industrial sociologist, has died.He was born in Bray, Berkshire on 24 November 1937 and grew up by the River Thames - where his family owned a well-known boat-building...

    #People

  4. 'Quality' controls must be eliminated

    I agree that there are huge problems with lack of autonomy in British universities ("Winning the war of independence", 3 September), but it is not just in the US where things are better - there is...

    #Letters

  5. A dangerous precedent

    We, the undersigned, are psychologists alarmed by the treatment of our colleagues at the University of Surrey.As part of the university's plan to reduce its financial deficit, the department of...

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  6. Two meanings of teaching 1

    Jo Pickering's letter (3 September) criticising Joao Magueijo's article on the teacher training of university lecturers reveals certain assumptions underlying the whole project. In particular, she...

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  7. Two meanings of teaching 2

    Amid the ping-pong of debate ("Those who can, get a PhD; those who can't, simply teach anyway", August), has the issue of advancing knowledge by working at a high level of academic discipline in one'...

    #Letters

  8. Poisoned chalice

    The search for robust and accessible means of comparing the quality of different courses and institutions is becoming higher education's equivalent of the search for the Holy Grail ("Pressure grows...

    #Letters

  9. Training days

    Having worked in the field many years ago, I enjoyed Adrian Furnham's typology of trainers ("Prepare to meet your trainer", August).My first training job involved working for a training manager in...

    #Letters

  10. Virtual barriers will crumble

    Your article about the impending decline in the use of virtual-world technologies may be an accurate reflection of the "hype cycle", but it could be misleading if used to interpret the long-term...

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  11. Purls of wisdom

    Thank you for "Stitches through time" ( August). The image of knitting as "integral" to Sara Schley's life rang very true. But more than this biographical lesson in "connections", knitting is also an...

    #Letters

  12. That sinking feeling

    Further to earlier letters on your annual exam howlers feature, I still can't decide whether the answer I once received to the question "name a city destroyed by a natural disaster" - "Atlantis" -...

    #Letters

  14. Occupational hazards

    For months, Nicholas Tesla has endured interviews, psychometric testing and inedible food. Yet despite being eminently qualified, the management role he seeks remains elusive. So is his approach to...

    #Features