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  5. Publish and be damned 2

    So the Quality Assurance Agency has decreed that it will endorse the standard of degrees awarded by London Business School and Cambridge University only if the institutions act on its recommendations...

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  6. Incompetent boards

    If the government introduces baccalaureate-style diplomas, let's hope it investigates A-level boards ("Bac may force change to degrees", THES , October 24). Universities have to deal not only with...

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  7. Question of freedom

    Andrew Sanders complains (Letters, THES , October 17) that "academic freedom and intellectual depth in law school programmes are grossly compromised because of interference from professional bodies...

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  8. More Frank debate 1

    Frank Furedi's provocative article "Get rid of those professional stabilisers" ( THES , October 17) is a useful reminder that counselling and psychotherapy have come of age. As a member of the "...

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  9. More Frank debate 3

    There must be an awkward atmosphere at Kent, where the sociology department seems to have employed two professors called Frank Furedi. One is the Furedi who wrote that nice article (Men who juggle...

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  10. More Frank debate 4

    Last academic session, little more than a third of our clients came to counselling because of depression, measured in terms recognised by GPs, and anxiety, symptoms of which included phobic behaviour...

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  11. Outdated obsession

    Peter Lampl suggests Britain is being left behind in the science race (Soapbox, THES , October 24). In saying that Oxford's chemistry department has no Nobel prizewinners on the premises, he implies...

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  12. No claim on ambition

    Bill Durodié unwittingly illustrates one of the sources of the anti-American feeling that he hopes to understand ("The fear and self-loathing in Las Vegas", THES, October 24). When he claims that "...

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  13. More Frank debate 2

    Frank Furedi's professional references seem based on a single British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy press release dated June 2003. He misquotes a statement by me about the changing...

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  14. Simplify scholarships system 1

    In the ongoing debate about top-up fees, one misguided aspect of the government's plans is in danger of being overlooked. Research and practical experience show that students from families with no...

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  15. Simplify scholarships system 2

    Queen's University Belfast's position on student financing is not as you report ("Prospect of English fees spreads fear of hardship", THES , October 17). It welcomes the government's acceptance that...

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