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  1. Top-up fees: prudence or betrayal? 2

    The government appears intent on perpetuating a perverse feature of its post-1997 reorganisation of student funding. Whereas most middle-class students were made £1,000 a year worse off when fees...

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  2. Reflect a little 1

    Alan Sinfield hits out at the "self-appointing Council for College and University English" ("Reader, you are not welcome", THES , February 14). CCUE membership is open to all UK English departments...

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  3. Reflect a little 2

    I was tickled by Alan Sinfield's view of reading. Apparently ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class dictate our book choice. Gosh. But that's only our starting point. The process of reading is...

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  4. One smalls problem

    The story about 58 Thai students arrested for cheating (Diary, News: International, THES , February 7) raised some intriguing questions. The students were, reportedly, sitting multiple-choice exams...

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  5. Hold fire on Iraq

    If United Nations Security Council members, under US government threats, pass a resolution permitting an attack on Iraq, they will be acting ultra vires , beyond their legitimate powers, because such...

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  6. Who wears the ears?

    So higher education minister Margaret Hodge blames universities for providing "Mickey Mouse" courses ("Mickey Mouse row revived", THES , February 14). She and successive governments need to look in...

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  7. Hacks hold the reins

    Tom Hickey asked "why didn't we say no" to the degradation of academia (Soapbox, THES , January 24)? It is true that the state has forced much of this on academia, but it could hardly have done so...

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  8. Unmistakable link

    Mona Baker has involved the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in the dispute over her dismissal of two Israelis from the editorial board of periodicals she publishes ("...

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  9. Money talks 1

    In an academic environment in which truth is what you can get away with, full marks must go to Eric Thomas, vice-chancellor of Bristol University, who argued on the basis of "proper comparisons" (...

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  10. Money talks 2

    Andrew Oswald justifies £10,000 pay increases for vice-chancellors (Soapbox, THES , February 7) by saying: "It is plain that vice-chancellors are underpaid, not overpaid. It's a rough job that takes...

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  11. Laurie Taylor Column

    "Universities UK (formerly the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals) is struggling to represent the interests of all its members since the publication of the higher education white paper" -...

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  12. Leader: Joinery showing signs of shoddy workmanship

    What seemed a masterful piece of political joinery is looking more rickety as each day passes since the publication of the government's plans for higher education. From grants and fees to 6* research...

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  13. Leader: Unsatisfied students have no right to refund

    Students who pay the full cost of their education - even on credit - may think they have the same right to complain about the service as anyone else spending money. And their inclination to expect...

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  14. Take time to win the philosophical battle

    The drive towards war on Iraq appears unstoppable, but it's not too late to pause to reflect on the justice of the fight - a king once halted a war so his leading thinkers could consider the very...

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  15. Men without a mission make poor soldiers

    The drive towards war on Iraq appears unstoppable, but it's not too late to pause to reflect on the justice of the fight - a king once halted a war so his leading thinkers could consider the very...

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