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  1. Guide cuts red tape

    You omitted a crucial phrase from the Association of Colleges' statement on dismissal procedure in its response to the Department for Education and Employment's statutory consultation on...

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  2. Holiday blues

    Under new contracts for teaching staff at the University of North London "paid holiday has been cut from 35 days plus the Christmas-New Year break to 30" ("New deal enrages Natfhe", THES, January 29...

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  3. Scots proud of classless tradition

    The article "Scots class myth debunked" (THES, January 29) has to be read with caution. First, I can reassure anxious Scottish readers who are probably asking themselves how, if Bob Osborne is right...

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  4. Scots proud of classless tradition

    Our report, Entry to Initial Full-time Higher Education, also shows that social class has an impact on propensity to apply for certain subjects. This is crucial in the context of the Higher Education...

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  5. Colonic indignation

    Teaching English literature to first-year undergraduates has been far more enlightening for me than for my students. Young people, slowly emerging from the security blanket of A levels, are claiming...

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  6. Misreading the clock

    As an external member of Cambridge University's promotions committee, I cannot let pass the assertion that we gave only seven minutes on average to the consideration of each candidate (Whistleblower...

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  7. Persuasion needed

    We do not know what Bett will say about absolute levels of pay for the varied groups of university staff nor about the need for restructuring (THES, Opinion, January 29). But the proposals will...

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  8. Contract observer

    I am not leading negotiations on the joint contract under which most people work here (THES, January 29). I am not even a member of the working party looking at contracts. But I am an interested...

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  9. North bears up

    The percentage of students choosing to study in the north has risen over recent years ("North hit as applications fall", THES, January 22). At Edge Hill, applications rose by 41 per cent between 1996...

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  11. Past their learn-by date?

    Britain's mature students are falling victim to a culture of ageism, writes Linda McGowan. The Universities and Colleges Admissions System reports a 1.8 per cent drop in the number of applications to...

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  12. The appliance of CLRC science

    Will mobile phones work when it rains? Will sleet make satellite TV unwatchable? The CLRC's Chilbolton Radar is used by a 45-strong research group to answer questions like these. Under contract to...

  13. Leaders sanction Asia Pacific forum for research

    Government and university representatives from across the Asia Pacific region have agreed to establish an education research network that will link universities, governments and industries. It is...

  14. Genome Valley lessons

    A British mission finds much to learn from the United States bioindustry. Kam Patel reports. Functional genomics is the new buzzword in the biotechnology industry in the United States. But if it is...