Research is enough
Janet Metcalfe's call for "consistent standards in postgraduate training" (News, THES , August 16) sadly includes a genuflection to the "transferable and work-related skills" claque. I cannot think...
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Bac plan is suicidal
Discredited proposals are often rehashed in late August when it is hoped they may avoid adverse comment. Not only do we have the proposal to remove a proper train service between London and the...
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In brief 1
The great strength of the Institute for Learning and Teaching is that it is member owned and run (Letters, THES , August 30). Whatever new framework emerges involving the four teaching quality...
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In brief 2
Radiography bottlenecks can affect patients' wellbeing and delay diagnosis ("NHS hit by lack of radiographers", THES , August 16). Given the right equipment, opportunities for development and...
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In brief 3
Your editorial suggests that higher education is available locally to Peterborough's youth (Leading article, THES , August 30). Well, yes, if you get into Cambridge or do one of the few programmes...
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Laurie Taylor column
Dear XXXXX I'm delighted to learn that you'll soon be joining us for the first year of your degree in media and cultural studies. You'll probably be feeling a little uncertain at the moment about...
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Leader: Flights across the pond show need in humanities...
First it was Alan Ryan leaving Oxford for a year, then Richard Jenkyns quitting his classics professorship, and now Niall Ferguson prefers to pursue his history on the other side of the Atlantic (...
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Leader: ...but the UK can be top spot for science
Roger Pedersen's arrival in Cambridge is the kind of development that the politicians responsible for the big increases in British science funding have been hoping for. He cites not only the cash...
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Selection of '.eu' top level domain registry - call for expressions of interest
Brussels, 04 Sep 2002 The European Commission has launched a call for expressions of interest for selection of the '.eu' top level domain (TLD) registry. Regulation on the implementation of the '.eu...
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A preference for the Earth, a passion for the Universe
Paris, 04 Sep 2002 ESOC celebrates 35 years On Friday 6 September 2002 the satellite control centre of the European Space Agency (ESA), in Darmstadt, will celebrate its 35th anniversary. To mark the...
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New portal on EU-funded agricultural research
Brussels, 04 Sep 2002 The European Commission has launched a new web portal offering information and advice on EU-funded agricultural research. The site gives a comprehensive overview of EU-funded...
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EU launches new initiative to transfer energy technology to Third World
Brussels, 04 Sep 2002 The European Union has launched the 'EU Energy initiative', designed to provide technology, know how and capital to the two billion people in the world who are 'energy poor'....
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Call for global science fund to combat 'scientific apartheid'
Brussels, 04 Sep 2002 The former head of an international research centre network has called for a global science fund to bridge the growing 'scientific apartheid' between the world's rich and poor...
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Working Party on the Environment, revised agenda - 2, 3, and 5 Sep.
Copenhagen, 04 Sep 2002 DATE: 2, 3, and 5 SEPTEMBER 2002 TIME: 10.00 MONDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 2002 (10.00) 1. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transboundary...
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Today's news
Oxford has to look at more than A levels More students than ever are achieving top grades, but the task of admissions tutors remains the same, writes Michael Collins. (The Independent) No men please...