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  1. Letter: Students deserve a better deal 2

    Provision of information, particularly on funding and timetabling, is only one part of what is needed to reverse the fall in mature student enrolments ("Adults see further study as a costly risk",...

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  2. Letter: Welsh cluster bombed 1

    Anyone outside Wales reading A. J. H. Latham's letter ( THES , February 1) might be forgiven for thinking that all Welsh higher education institutions outside Cardiff are on the verge of becoming...

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  3. Letter: Welsh cluster bombed 2

    A. J. H. Latham demands that the Welsh Assembly sell the city centre sites of Cardiff University and reestablish it as an out-of-town campus. What a dated 1960s concept. Enlarging city-centre...

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  4. Letter: Welsh cluster bombed 3

    The majority of able university teachers and researchers in Wales would not share A. J. H. Latham's relish for belonging to a "feeder unit". But Latham's reading of the higher education review report...

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  5. Letter: In brief 1

    Zazie Todd's article on possible biases in student feedback forms was thought-provoking, particularly given proposals to publish them ("Nice legs, shame about the teaching", THES , February 1). At...

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  6. Letter: In brief 2

    Terry Eagleton's appointment to a chair at the University of Manchester gives the Northwest a little bit of Oxbridge chutzpah ("St Aldate's to Old Trafford", THES , January 18). If Eagleton was so...

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  7. Letter: In brief 3

    Your article on reading ability refers to UK readers who rank in the top five (For the record, THES , February 1). But your chart refers only to England. I wonder how many English readers spotted...

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  8. Letter: The RAE rat race 1

    The idea that centres of excellence for research will also be centres of excellence for teaching is misconceived (Letters, THES , February 1). Academics who are brilliant researchers, teachers and...

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  9. Letter: The RAE rat race 2

    All the hype over the research assessment exercise puts me in mind of two men watching an uphill cycle race with the participants sweating and straining, their eyes bulging. The first man asks his...

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  10. Letter: The RAE rat race 3

    The decision to allocate only £20 million to 3a units has little basis in quality. At least two-thirds of the members of any 3a unit carry out research of national excellence, compared with 4-rated...

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  11. Letter: The RAE rat race 4

    Might I add two RAE categories to the vice-chancellor of Poppleton University's list (Laurie Taylor, THES , February 1)? "Almost as research active as the others, but we didn't want to take the risk...

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  12. Letter: Beware stereotypes 1

    What is meant by "ethnic" background in describing "motivated" students (Analysis, THES , February 1)? Each of us belongs to a particular racial, national, religious and cultural background. If "...

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  13. Letter: Beware stereotypes 2

    The negative racial stereotype in the cartoon that accompanied the article "30% dropout rate dismays Australians" ( THES , January 25) shows your antenna for institutional racism were not plugged in...

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  14. Letter: Lesbians? Who cares?

    Michael Heseltine can doubtless speak for himself, but I am sure that he would be surprised that he has supported our campaign for a statue of Sylvia Pankhurst to be erected outside the Palace of...

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