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Your report from Middlesex University ("Staff angered by failure rule", August 13) is consistent with what, quietly, many people have told one another for years. When I was a lecturer at another...
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Degrees of benefit
Whether a graduate's job could be done by a non-graduate ("Medics and artists top job league", August 13) is the wrong question to ask when thinking about how many people should go to university. The...
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Don't dismiss support
I am disappointed at David McAlpine's letter (August 6), especially the excerpt that says "the unions that claim to speak for academics negotiate us on to the same pay scale as those who clean our...
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No right to cry foul
I am dissatisfied with the prominence you have given to commonplace comments made by a recent graduate on the personal advantages of studying abroad. The presentation of facts in your article about...
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Support net falls short
In all the debate about the abuse of hardship funds, little has been said about the position of overseas students (Letters, August 6). Not content with taking large amounts of money from these...
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Talented, articulate, bullied and fobbed off
Travellers have the lowest school attendance rate of any minority. Michael North meets a man who is raising their aspirations. When gypsy campaigner Kit Sampson decided to hand back her MBE last week...
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'I have things to give this country, but I am not allowed to'
Persecution has led to a rise in numbers of refugee academics, but they don't feel welcome in the UK. Chris Bunting reports. When Kebebush Mulugeta sat down at the Job Centre to fill in the...
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Cavers' foe is the strong, silent type
Steve Farrar donned his hard hat and joined a scientist who delves into the depths in search of a highly hazardous inhabitant. We blunder into the pocket of gas by accident. The short side passage...
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Making the most of Britain's liquid assets
At the last Olympics our swimmers floundered but, despite setbacks, today's squad is back among the medal winners. Matthew Baker learns how, in the last of our series Ian Turner, head coach of the...
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Fizzy day falls flat with the price tag
At Brighton University's awards ceremony, Laurie Taylor finds there is no such thing as a free drink. Outside the Brighton Dome, the billboards are still singing the wonders of last week's stand-up...
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Today's news
Top state students miss out on elite places Some 3,000 state-school pupils are missing out on their rightful place at elite universities to less-qualified students from the independent sector,...
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Nutricia Research Foundation
Deadline: 30/09/2004
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Challenges of biodiversity science: Eurodiversity
Deadline: 30/09/2004
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Latest research news
Boost for paediatric drugs research Drug companies will be encouraged to research and develop medicines specifically for children under new government plans. Lord Warner, the Health Minister, said...
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Today's news
Time to restore shine to gold standard exams Speaking just 48 hours before the publication of this year's results, David Miliband, the Schools Minister, admitted yesterday that while more than 21 per...