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  1. Who let down whom in dispute? 1

    The London Metropolitan University dispute over the attempted imposition of a contract that would have undermined members' professional role was the most complex higher education local industrial...

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  2. Who let down whom in dispute? 2

    We object to the assertion that the University and College Union "jeopardised its future industrial strength" by failing to support members at London Metropolitan University during their contract...

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  3. Who let down whom in dispute? 3

    The London Metropolitan University dispute was bitter, but I have little doubt that union members received local, regional and national support. Yes, there are lessons to learn from what happened,...

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  4. Who let down whom in dispute? 4

    In getting a negotiated contract at London Metropolitan University, lecturers scored a victory over an intransigent management that caused other such managements to think twice. To publicly suggest...

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  5. Who let down whom in dispute? 5

    During our long dispute, Sally Hunt came to speak at a lecturers' union Natfhe meeting at London Metropolitan University and promised us total support. I tried to take up that offer: no one at the...

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  6. Useful tips

    Gary Day attempted to write about students with learning differences and disabilities in his usual witty and urbane manner (Columnist, September 29). As the co-author of the staff information...

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  7. No time to win Nobels

    US - no research assessment exercise - "Scoops Nobels" (News in brief, October 6); UK - RAE - no Nobels. Conclusion: continue to waste money, time and resources on a process that empirical evidence...

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  8. Salary gap not simple

    Behind some quite striking differences in male and female remuneration in the article on gender-based pay differences ("Women continue to earn less than men", September 29) lie a complex set of...

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  9. Rank the rank and file 1

    Interesting to see that The Times Higher's world rankings of universities has arrived at a standing that most would recognise: that, by the most relevant of criteria (National academies of science...

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  10. Rank the rank and file 2

    The World University Rankings depend largely on a peer-review score based on a survey to which fewer than 1 per cent responded. Regional weighting meant a geographical spread of insti-tutions was...

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  11. Bring us together now

    Having studied UK institutions' research output metrics for the past 30 years - and as a graduate of Newcastle and Durham universities - I think that the case for a merger between the two...

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  12. No slamming here

    Never let a story get in the way of a good headline. The CMU has not "slammed" Government proposals ("Post-92s slam 'very biased' RAE successor", October 6), it called for a different basket of...

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  13. The bear necessities of life...

    The 'just rightness' of the universe for life puts Paul Davies in mind of baby bear's perfect breakfast in Goldilocks . He hopes his think-tank will transcend subject boundaries in its quest to...

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  14. 'We should stop running away from the past'

    An unwillingness to confront the legacy of slavery harms the prospects of black males, says the first African-American head of an Ivy League university. David Jobbins meets her. Almost 200 years...

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  15. When more was more

    Andrew Robinson looks at the work of Thomas Young, 'the last man who knew everything', and ponders whether we do enough to reward polymathy. If Nobel laureates are considered to be geniuses, then...

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