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  1. Is mum's push more of a shove?

    There is a fine line between an intrusive, 'intensive' parent and a mother who just wants to ensure that her child makes the most of her chances. Alison Utley reports. A mother and father turned up...

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  2. Don't I look like Caesar at this angle?

    The Roman general was invoked by Mussolini to legitimate his rule, but he is also cited as a warning against imperialism. Maria Wyke considers the continuing uses and abuses of Caesar's legacy. On...

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  3. A unique arsenal of intellectual firepower

    The crisis in the Middle East makes the war studies department at King's College more vital than ever, its director tells Martin Ince Wars looms large over much of 21st-century life. But although UK...

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  4. Imperial mint maker

    Susan Searle brought a Midas touch to Imperial College, where she helped build an operation that turns ideas into gold. What is the secret of her success, asks Caroline Davis. At one time, Susan...

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  5. Queen in road rage fury after press pack hounds royals

    There is talk that Prince William may quit university to escape harassment by the tabloid press, but such intrusion is nothing new. Queen Victoria was forced to grapple with the mass media and its...

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  6. Why we can't get no satisfaction 1

    Plans for the national student survey are not in "disarray" as the front-page article claims ("Student survey plans fall apart", THES , March 21). On the contrary, we are making steady progress and...

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  7. Why we can't get no satisfaction 2

    The problems with satisfaction surveys are more complex than low response rates. The pattern of non-responses could bias the results. These are notoriously difficult to establish. Satisfaction...

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  8. Why we can't get no satisfaction 3

    Questions about satisfaction with teachers and institutions are not as valuable as consulting students on how well they are learning the course and what we (and they) can do to improve that...

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  9. Why we can't get no satisfaction 4

    Isn't it ironic that a government that dismisses the results of public opinion polls when it decides to go to war should expect future students to base their university choice on surveys of graduate...

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  10. Let's cheer QAA plan

    The Quality Assurance Agency's future policy, as outlined by chief executive Peter Williams, is the third attempt in 100 years to put a buffer between state and universities ("Rest assured we will...

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  11. Poorer families

    The university admissions debate has focused on students' secondary school experience, whether state or public. The inference is that, once matriculated, young people enter a level playing field. But...

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  12. Regional voices 1

    My university is attempting to put into practice the very brand of governance Steven Schwartz advocates (Soapbox, THES , March 7). A small management group consisting of the vice-chancellor, pro vice...

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  13. Regional voices 2

    I did not speak of "opposition" from Welsh vice-chancellors and councils to mergers at the recent hearing of the Welsh Assembly's education and lifelong learning committee as you report ("Progress...

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  14. Regional voices 3

    Why is Northern Ireland ignored in your editorial identifying the fees dilemma for devolved institutions in Wales and Scotland arising from the white paper ("England's plans test the strength of...

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  15. Recount the cash

    Your grant allocations analysis ("Winners and losers in research cash stakes" THES , March 7) used information issued in March 2002 to calculate teaching resource allocated in 2003 relative to 2002....

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