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  1. Credit is for learning not for life 2

    Alan Smithers contradicts himself. If higher education is supposed "to add to your general life experience", how can he also describe being excused a chunk of your course in lieu of life experience...

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  2. Credit is for learning not for life 3

    After 20 years of working with Apel in universities, I am dismayed at conservative suspicions from the Quality Assurance Agency. It is arrogant to assume that higher-level learning can be acquired...

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  3. Wordy endeavours

    Latin is not a "detour" to learning other languages (Findings, THES, August 29) but rote learning of declensions and other grammar is. Many English words link well to French, Spanish and even some...

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  4. Numbers don't add up

    Universities can bid to host a new centre for excellence in learning and teaching on the basis of student numbers, with one bid per 5,000 students, three for £15,000, according to the Higher...

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  5. Profit not parity

    Terence Kealey rewrites history in his review of Making Globalization Good (Books, THES, August 29). He implies that so-called free trade helps poorer countries catch up with richer countries in...

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  6. Equitable actions

    Not every woman at Imperial College works in a culture that makes her feel unwelcome and undervalued ("Imperial under fire on equality", THES, August 1). Imperial is not perfect, but your report is...

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  7. Bob's your answer

    Jon May is stumped by a reference to a farthing (Letters, THES, August 22). Authoritative deliberations over the chicken marengo in a St Catherine's SCR Small Dining Room concluded that a farthing...

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  8. Laurie Taylor Column

    "Students can gain degrees after taking only a third of their courses by paying universities to assess their life experiences" - THES, August 29 Yes, do come in. You must be Adam Bunting. Good. My...

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  9. Leader: Twin aims call for informed debate

    The government's twin priorities in higher education - to extend access to a broader range of students while enabling the top research universities to compete with the best in the world - ought not...

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  10. Leader: BA excites enthusiasm

    The British Association for the Advancement of Science, which meets next week in Salford, has a simple mission: to create excitement about science. The task ought to be painless enough in an era of...

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  11. ESF publishes call for 'outline' proposals

    Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 The standing committee for physical and engineering science of the European Science Foundation (ESF) has published a call for 'outline' proposals for its scientific programmes....

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  13. Hair dryer discovery leads to waterproof paper

    Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 Making paper more water-resistant while retaining biodegradability and ease of recycling could open the door to many more applications. A fortuitous discovery is pointing the...

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