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  1. Laurie Taylor

    " Two universities are warned by the QAA that only ' limited confidence ' could be placed in their ability to run any overseas academic operations properly. " THES , January 12. May we turn to Item...

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  2. Leader: Raise the status of GPs

    The pace of innovation in medical research means that doctors have to be customers of lifelong learning. They cannot cope without keeping abreast of new biomedical understanding and the new...

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  3. Leader: Mergers mean bigger, but not not always better

    After the 1990s, when polytechnics wanted to be Oxbridge, we face the zeroes, when ancient universities will try to be polytechnics. That, at least, is the message Sir David Watson and others will...

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  4. Letter: Short-cited

    First Mark Griffiths writes about the pleasure he gets from media exposure (Soapbox, THES, January 5). Then he complains he was omitted from your listing of media citations (Letters, THES, January 12...

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  5. Letter: Short-cited

    I was distressed to read Mark Griffiths's concern about his absence from The THES's top media stars of 2000. I wish to register a similar complaint, having received citations in journals of national...

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  6. Letter: Short-cited

    Mark Bennett's mildly amusing attack on my letter writing article (Readers' reactions, THES, January 12) contains a couple of understandable but misguided assumptions. First, Bennett assumes that my...

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  7. Letter: We back disabled law

    I dispute the accusation (Letters, THES, January 12) that Universities UK has worked against the provision of legislation to protect people with disabilities. I am on record as welcoming its...

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  8. Letter: We back disabled law

    As a disabled person I am considerably socially disadvantaged. I therefore welcome government initiatives to bestow the benefits of citizenship on those who partake of lifelong learning. The benign...

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  9. Letter: Spanish collaboration

    Staffordshire University does not accept that the Quality Assurance Agency audit report of its collaborative provision in Spain contains "damaging criticism" ("UK tainted by the stains in Spain",...

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  10. Letter: Spanish collaboration

    You claim the QAA warned two universities - Exeter and Lancaster - that "limited confidence" could be placed in their ability to run any overseas operations properly. The QAA said no such thing. The...

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  11. Letter: Just who is Randall kidding?

    Even if John Randall is right in arguing that differential fees would require more intensive inspection and evaluation ("QAA takes tough line on top-ups", THES, January 12), he cannot seriously claim...

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  12. Letter: Just who is Randall kidding?

    Top-up fees have no place in a publicly funded education system, as most taxpayers would be paying for a club that would not accept them as members. That is a fairness issue, not one of quality....

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  13. Letter: Just who is Randall kidding?

    John Randall has some neck to again be firing warning shots at higher education. He leads an organisation that: * Lacks a proper complaints and appeal procedure * Has been criticised for confusion...

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  14. Letter: Lessons of Swansea

    The story about the dismissal of Swansea University student union manager Nick Tregoning (For the Record, THES, January 12) raises a number of serious issues. The student sabbaticals summarily...

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  15. Letter: In brief

    If Christoph Bluth (Letters, THES, January 5) can call the research assessment exercise a golden goose, then I can call the Hatfield derailment a golden goose, too. Robin Whitty South Bank University

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