Letter: 'Lazy student' label wears thin
When Stephen Perrin of Liverpool Hope complained about giving mini-lectures in seminars because students were not prepared (Teaching, THES , September 21), your Agony Aunt was naive to say that...
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Letter: Shaky foundations (1)
Your analysis on recruitment to foundation degrees ("Great idea - shame about the cold feet", THES , September 28) once again perpetuates the great higher education excuse - blame it on the marketing...
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Letter: Shaky foundations (2)
I would like to add balance to reports on poor recruitment to foundation degrees by confirming a very positive start to the three degrees run by the Consortium of Arts and Design Institutions in...
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Letter: In brief (1)
May I correct the misleading impression given of the accommodation position for new students at the University of Leicester ("Room at the inn for freshers", THES , September 28)? Far from being "...
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Letter: In brief (2)
I hope that the report of the comments of the vice-chancellor of the University Southampton was abbreviated beyond recognition ("V-c in access warning", THES , September 28). He seems to be arguing...
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Letter: In brief (3)
Several years' experience of recruitment and training in the private sector demonstrates that spelling and proofreading skills are rare in graduates (Letters, THES , September 28). When teaching as a...
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Letter: Cash isn't the question
London Guildhall University Natfhe chairman Alan Lafferty (Letters, THES , September 28), risks deflecting attention from the real issue of education provision by focusing his comments on the...
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Letter: Know your placement (1)
We need to encourage employers to offer more student placements as relevant work experience carries a premium in employment and sandwich placements are the crème de la crème of work experience. We...
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Letter: Know your placement (2)
The Quality Assurance Agency continues its pronouncements of how vital a service it provides prospective students and employers, with the Liberal Democrats and the National Union of Students queuing...
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Letter: Get some PhD appeal
Research councils are right to be concerned at the fall in the number of postgraduate research students in the United Kingdom ("Councils fear shortage of postgraduates", THES , September 28). Funding...
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Guildhall Students oppose merger plans Students at London Guildhall University are opposing its planned merger with the University of North London and are threatening occupations if they are not...
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From today's UK papers
Today's main story All students will be forced to pay a graduate tax under government plans to restore grants, in an embarrassing retreat from one of Labour's key education reforms. University...
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From today's UK papers
The Times A full-scale review of university fees and loans has been ordered in an attempt to find the fairer system of student funding demanded yesterday by Tony Blair. Graham Zellick, vice-...