Kilfoyle backs Daresbury source bid
Peter Kilfoyle, who resigned as defence minister last week complaining he was disillusioned with Tony Blair's government, is supporting Daresbury Laboratory's bid to host Britain's new synchrotron...
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Eggs-ceedingly good advice on fresh food
Researchers at Leeds University have discovered eggs-actly how to tell whether or not an egg is fresh. Food scientist Malcolm Povey uses waves of ultrasound to detect the thickness of the egg white....
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Managers call for help
College managers have been most exercised by issues of governance, staff contracts and discipline and grievances, according to a survey of calls to the Association of Colleges helpline. The AoC...
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Test answer is anybody's guess
The problem facing Dr McQue and his multiple-choice examinations is a common one (Teaching, THES, February 4). Certainly, the reliability of the examination would be improved by increasing the number...
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Test answer is anybody's guess
A number of students do get degrees despite very evident faults in the way they write (Letters, THES, February 4). But this is not a recent development. The move towards a mass system has simply made...
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Swiss role inflated
Recent studies by the Office of Science and Technology and our own research in Leeds show that on a "bangs per buck" basis or measured by research impact per capita the UK stands at the top of any...
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Masters scandal
The sector should share the chagrin of Sir Graeme Davies in view of the Quality Assurance Agency's scandalous and arbitrary decision on the award of Scottish masters degrees (Why II,THES, February 4...
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Masters scandal
The skills demonstrated by a fourth-year Scottish MA student are of a higher order than those found in a BA, typically requiring independent research and a breadth of knowledge that is comparable to...
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3.5 for you, 5.6 for me
Readers have let the eye-opening story on vice-chancellors' average 4.9 per cent pay rises pass without comment ("Uni boss's pay tops Pounds 250,000", THES, January 28). It goes without saying that...
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ILT funding dilemma
Most academics at a recent joint Natfhe/Association of University Teachers seminar on the Institute for Learning and Teaching were keen and positive about engaging in the nitty-gritty issues of equal...
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ILT funding dilemma
Our piece on the ILT was written before the institute had published the names of its accreditors on the website. These names are now available at http://www.ilt.ac.uk. A key purpose in writing the...
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That age-old problem
Does anyone know what the government means by lifelong learning? Clearly it has nothing to do with mature people going to university since 1 still hear the phrase on the lips of ministers when there...
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Why I ...believe universities should face up to workplace bullying
There are two types of bully: the psychopathic type, driven by a deep psychological need to demean, devalue or harass someone else to raise his/her own status; and the overloaded bully - someone who...
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Spies wanted (academics need not apply)
Although David Childs was shocked to learn an academic had spied on him, he still thinks they make lousy agents In the years leading up to 1989 there were few British academics carrying out research...
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Kuching
Malaysian education minister Tan Sri Dato' Musa Mohamad has told universities that they must find their own solutions to a shortage of lecturers.