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A History of Japan. First edition
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Puncturing political myth
A History of the Modern British Isles, 1914-1999
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Laurie Taylor column
Competition between university departments is leading to an increase in "subject chauvinism" - article by Grenville Wall, THES , February 22. Item 12. Dr Quintock, I believe this is yours. Thank you...
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Disparity is a disgrace
Susan Bassnett is outraged that a v-c on a £165,000 salary would pay an academic £16, 500 a year So Margaret Hodge is going to investigate vice-chancellors' pay awards. Not before time. With the...
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Work harder to bring inmore Bulgarian leaders
Educating foreign students brings many benefits. Denis MacShane says we must strive to attract more of them. Just before Christmas the Bulgarian Socialist Party elected a new president. Sergei...
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Leader: Adopting the MIT model will bring a richer, freer future
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology embodies the entrepreneurial model for modern research universities that is being urged on leading United Kingdom institutions by the government and, in...
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Letter: Very much alive
The claim that generativist linguistics is "dead in its stall" (Books, THES , February 15) is based on a misunderstanding. Generativists believe language has properties that should be construed...
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Letter: Beyond suffrage
Brian Harrison's quirky constitutionalist rewriting of women's suffrage history (Letters, THES , February 15) is on a par with his misconception of Sylvia Pankhurst's role. The campaign for her...
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Letter: Don't let Gats ruin aspirations 1
Olga Wojtas's report of fears that the Department of Trade and Industry is trying to pressure Universities UK to support the application of the World Trade Organisation's General Agreement on Trade...
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Letter: Don't let Gats ruin aspirations 2
Stephen Phillips suggests that the United States enjoys a more favourable regime of tax relief on gifts to charity than Europe ("In the game of seeking out sponsors, institutions may be gambling...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 1
The inability of some universities to support research (Leader, THES , February 22) is partly a consequence of the "one-size-fits-all" policies of the research councils. Projects funded by these...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 2
Citation counts could form a key component of a slimmed-down RAE (Soapbox, THES , February 15). Citations have three merits: they reflect the view of the international academic community rather than...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 3
I am sorry that Ormond Simpson thought my RAE categories were tongue in cheek (Letters, THES , February 15). I have had to tell colleagues that they were not being submitted, and to commiserate with...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 4
Graham Gibbs's suggestion that researchers should make "pedagogic impact statements" to show how their proposals benefit undergraduate students fills me with foreboding ("Real cost of RAE cuts", THES...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 5
It is not the RAE that has favoured the separation of teaching and research. What seriously undermines research-led teaching is pressure on universities to increase student numbers without receiving...