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  1. Cambridge questions 1

    Much is made in Cambridge about the university as a community of scholars, rather than as an organisation of employers and employed. Some believe this implies that scholars own the intellectual...

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  2. Cambridge questions 2

    You report Hubert Picarda QC as saying that "universities should fall into exempt charity status because they are subject to self-regulation" ("Concern at proposed charity law reforms", THES , August...

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  3. Cambridge questions 3

    I read with interest your article "Academe's UK stars of future shun Cambridge" ( THES , August 16). I applied as a research student to Cambridge's maths faculty as an external graduate only to be...

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  4. Historical prejudice 1

    Jeremy Black presents a tale of fear and loathing among historians in respect of the late Sir Jack Plumb ("A Plumb with an acerbic aftertaste", THES , August 16). Obituaries should not be...

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  5. Historical prejudice 2

    Whether the rule that one should speak no ill of the dead still holds or not, it was certainly breached by Sir Jack Plumb and his cronies in the hatchet jobs they did on the reputation of the late...

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  6. Occupational barriers

    That "Student, 46, wins place for medicine" is front-page news ( THES , August 16) reflects as much on the assumptions of professions about the source of their would-be practitioners as on ageism in...

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  7. Is life really so bad?

    Good news does not make good copy in the education press any more than in daily newspapers. Things are far from perfect, but in The THES (August 16) we find a wealth of negative articles about Ucas,...

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  8. Edexcellent

    The Quality Assurance Agency found a serious failure in Newham College's quality assurance systems ("HND blunder adds to woes of Edexcel", THES , August 9). One result was that the college had failed...

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  9. Bums on seats aren't everything 1

    I was sad to read the obvious disillusion in Carol Jones's Soapbox piece ("Turning a blind eye", THES , August 16) but I am sure my and others' experiences as lecturers are very different. At Luton...

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  10. Bums on seats aren't everything 2

    Carol Jones seriously misrepresents the philosophy section at Cardiff University. Far from being demoralised, my colleagues work as a dedicated team, committed to providing quality education. This...

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  11. Laurie Taylor column

    Dear Everybody Thought that you might like to know that your favourite third-year gang from last year did finally make it to Majorca We've really been letting our hair down after all the stress of...

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  12. Leader: Corporate universities can teach us a lesson

    As if Britain's new universities have not got enough to worry about in attracting students, there is a renewed warning this week of the threat of corporate universities eroding their market. The...

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  13. Leader: AS levels should not be a shortcut to degree entry

    The annual A-level row is almost over and the GCSE version is just beginning. It is the universities' turn to be accused of dumbing down. At a time of record pass rates, some are apparently ready to...

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  14. Today's news

    University places increase by 3.5 per cent Six days after A-level results were published, 286,481 applicants have been given places at universities and colleges, up 3.5 per cent on the same time last...

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  15. Update 13:00

    Drop in Scottish Highers 'no cause for concern' The Scottish Qualifications Authority was today expected to explain a 2 per cent drop in Higher and Advanced Higher pass rates as a natural fluctuation...

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