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John Drummond neglects to mention that dental school recruitment problems extend to non-clinical academics, who are usually responsible for 30-40 per cent of teaching (Letters, THES , January 30). He...
John Drummond neglects to mention that dental school recruitment problems extend to non-clinical academics, who are usually responsible for 30-40 per cent of teaching (Letters, THES , January 30). He...
The British Medical Association is concerned that clinical academic numbers are falling when medical student numbers are rising steeply ("BMA warns of research-mad medical schools", THES , January 30...
Preliminary results of the pilot student satisfaction survey ("Students rate staff highly", THES , January 30) should be treated with caution. Constructing a league table that allows students to...
Geoffrey Beattie's claim ("It's not what Les says that counts", THES , January 30) that the Big Brother house and its inmates provide valuable data for new psychological theory is worrying. His main...
How appropriate that the survey conducted by psychologists at Leicester University should rank Tony Blair and David Blaine in the 69th position ("Youth drool at cool", THES , January 30). A fantasist...
An apparently unnoticed spanner in the higher education bill (Opinion, THES , January 30) is that European Union directives require the UK to offer higher education places to non-UK EU citizens on...
David Latchman (Letters, THES , January 23) makes a plea for a funding review of part-time students. What is needed is not a perpetuation of the divisive distinction between part-time and full-time...
In December, I wrote a letter to Downing College, Cambridge, that I later sent to The THES ("Oxford tutor attacks Cambridge interview", THES , January 9), about my daughter's interview for a place to...
The way Richard Davies, vice-chancellor of Swansea University, announced his plan to close five departments ("Swansea axes 35 jobs in unpopular courses purge", THES , January 30) could almost be...
Cambridge University's decision to drop plans for a controversial primate research centre bodes well for humans and animals alike ("Primate centre 'was set to fail'", THES , January 30). The...
We receive a significant number of applications from students who are expected to achieve reasonable results in their post-16 qualifications but have failed maths and/or English GCSEs. These...
Wayne Hemingway's description of his son's reaction to university promotional material (Soapbox, THES , January 30) misses the point: admissions tutors look to recruit students who show evidence of...
Ruth Morse raises an important issue ("So, Doctor, what exactly is your real name?", THES , January 30). There is no legal requirement to change your name on marriage, and the simplest solution is...
"Many heads of department are ashamed to be managers and avoid their managerial responsibilities" - Wolverhampton University survey of academic staff. THES , January 30. From : The head of department...
"Many heads of department are ashamed to be managers and avoid their managerial responsibilities" - Wolverhampton University survey of academic staff. THES , January 30. From : The head of department...