Letter: Poor policies
Kenneth Baker, who opposes graduate tax (Opinion, THES , November 16), has not woken up to the fact that most graduates no longer vote Tory because of its policy on the issue. Even so, he is right....
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Letter: What price success?
Annette Zera, principal of Tower Hamlets College, says the leadership model proposed for further education "appears to rely hugely on audit and bureaucracy combined with fairly damning criticism. We...
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Letter: Stop stress and disadvantage 1
Staff at the University of Wolverhampton are off sick with stress. This is not the news that any vice-chancellor wants to acknowledge and yet Tony Tysome correctly identifies a problem of stress-...
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Letter: Stop stress and disadvantage 2
I agree that "it's a painful time to be in the minority" (Features, THES , November 16), especially when minority ethnic student numbers are rising and widening participation strategies abound, yet...
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Letter: Stop stress and disadvantage 3
Helen Hague's article assumes that all ethnic minority staff are black and everyone else is white. Such polarisation is at the heart of racism. How disappointing that a report on initiatives to...
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Leader: Free researchers from hand that feeds them
The Economic and Social Research Council held its annual meeting last week under the title Mind the Gap: The Role of Social-Science Research in Policy-making. The meeting, while stuffed with...
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Leader: Creating a new elite will damage whole sector
It is (at last) universally acknowledged that higher education needs more money - for research, pay, students and infrastructure. If extra cash is not forthcoming, disappointment will compound the...
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A past laid out upon a table
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks tells his great-niece Eugenie Samuels why in his latest book he felt compelled to revisit his childhood. Eugenie Samuels : Uncle Tungsten is the first one of your...
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Academic freedom versus the last taboo
After claims that a sociologist abused research into paedophilia, Olga Wojtas looks at the case for a code of conduct. Next month, Glasgow University's senate is expected to discuss an investigation...
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They are not dumb - which is why they're quitting academe
Lack of stimulation at undergraduate level discourages intellectuals from a scholarly life, argues Frank Furedi. A couple of years ago, when I complained about the diminishing intellectual content of...
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If no rules have been broken, perhaps the rulebook requires some attention?
After claims that a sociologist abused research into paedophilia, Marcello Mega argues that topics such as 'intergenerational sex' are open to misuse. An academic in Europe had infiltrated Ipce, an...
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Strategic players in tactical retreats
Scholars usually play an expert if discreet role in Britain's councils of war. But, argues Brendan Simms, while their advice can be valuable, their reluctance to contradict the official line can be...
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Latest news
Anthrax scare blamed for SAT delays Postal delays in the United States caused by anthrax alerts have been blamed for holding up vital college admissions test papers affecting up to 7,800 would-be...
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From today's UK papers
Pressure mounts on schools Seventy six schools in England and Wales failed to reach the government target of 15 per cent of pupils attaining five GCSE C-grades or higher, according to official league...
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Latest news
Turkish student 'at risk of torture' Emrullah Karagoz, a pro-Kurdish Turkish student, held incommunicado in police custody since November 1 despite a judge’s order for his transfer to prison, is at...