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  1. Critical minds draw short straw

    I am extremely worried that the government is introducing short degrees ("Short degrees welcomed", THES, January 7) as I believe that it will lead to an erosion of standards and, more importantly, to...

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  2. Critical minds draw short straw

    The view that the American model could be adopted when the associate degree is introduced in England and Wales is controversial ("New Labour, new year, new degree", THES, December 10 1999). The...

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  3. Bees in a bonnet

    Jean Aitchison's review ("Getting back to nature-nurture", THES, January 7) dismisses Geoffrey Sampson's argument about whether language is biologically in-built, but for all the wrong reasons. She...

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  4. Case for PC plodders

    The process of extending access to higher education to categories of people who have been under-represented creates a situation in which those who have been excluded hitherto are confronted with...

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  5. Supermen v asteroids

    The three-man taskforce appointed to assess the potential danger to the earth from asteroid strikes has an important job to do. But to headline the news item "Team picked to save Earth from asteroids...

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  6. An uneven Keele

    In a revealing interview Simon Finch ("Library joins Keele criticism", THES, December 24/31 1999), the purchaser to whom Keele University secretly sold the Turner collection of rare mathematics books...

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  7. Hold Nazis to account

    There were indeed very limited exchanges of Jews for German nationals ("Belsen victims challenge Rubinstein", THES, January 7). These have been discussed in historical literature. Exchanges were...

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  8. False measures

    You report that the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals has "caved in" over plans for monitoring the quality of university teaching ("V-cs submit to quality blueprint", THES, January 7),...

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  9. Planet waits for a message from above

    Nasa's latest satellite monitors the environment, Olga Wojtas finds out how a dental school fits into the scheme Dundee University is primed for messages from American space agency Nasa's latest...