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  2. Laurie Taylor column

    "The Treasury is concentrating its extra money on noisy, organised groups with the power to swing large swaths of votes... in these circumstances, higher education unions and pressure groups are...

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  3. Letter: Basque violence

    Manuel Montero's statement that "the pressure of Eta is not stopping freedom of speech in the Basque Country" is over-optimistic ("Violence forces Basque academic to flee", THES , November 3). For...

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  4. Letter: Weber's wilder side

    Frank Webster writes that Max Weber had "little life outside writing, reading and worrying about the state of the world" (Books, THES , November 10). Sounds like the sad contemporary Brit academic....

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  5. Letter: roles for research (1)

    Greg Philo and David Miller raise important concerns about the politics and direction of research ("While talk might be cheap, silence is deadly", THES , November 3). Critical research is controlled...

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  6. Letter: roles for research (2)

    The divorce of teaching from research ( THES , Letters November 10) is often stark. My suggestion is to make published research rather than popular texts the starting point for teaching a topic. This...

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  7. Letter: stress accuracy

    Contrary to your article (News, THES , November 10), the Health and Safety Executive did not uncover "serious problems with the handling of staff stress at Luton". Rather, the concern was to ensure...

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  8. Letter: myths about guns and violence (1)

    I read with appreciation how Michael Bellesiles's research on gun mania in the United States revealed that pre-civil war gun ownership and murder rates were rather low ("Who said your daddy's daddy...

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  9. Letter: myths about guns and violence (2)

    Your feature, "It really was murder at the office today, darling" ( THES , November 3) was disturbing. It described the professionalism, sensitivity and seriousness of two researchers who cited...

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  10. Letter: death of a quango

    The last annual conference of the Further Education Funding Council tended to demonstrate its arrogance and conceit. The council distinguished itself by inspecting colleges, finding them efficient...

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  11. Letter: reason to rebel

    Why is Hugh Stephenson prepared to submit his arguments for not filling in his research transparency review form to the judgement of THES readers and yet not take them to his own university senate as...

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  12. Letter: private and public

    Your excellent article on the privatisation of universities omitted three things (Analysis, THES , November 10). First, random samples of voters show that people put public spending priority on...

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  13. Daily TV & radio - Friday

    Wainewright the Poisoner (9.00 R4). Andrew Motion’s biographical excursion turned into a radio play by Peter Straughan. The War Behind the Wire (9.00 BBC2, 9.30 in Wales). Colditz recalled by its...

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  14. Further education: come the revolution

    Colleges have had a rougher ride than universities, but they still offer opportunities, says Colin Flint Now that Simon Schama has concluded his splendid television series on the history of Britain,...

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  15. Further education: let's work together

    The Learning and Skills Council will work well with the higher education sector to expand opportunities, says John Harwood The Learning and Skills Council brings together for the first time the whole...

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