This sceptical isle
Britain is dead, long live. . . what exactly? David Cannadine on the making of the "new British history" and its future During the election campaign for the European Parliament which was fought out...
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Policy? What policy?
Despite all its shortcomings, there are a few pleasant things about the French system of higher education. One of them is that this writer is never short of copy. Yesterday Le Monde carried the...
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They may say you're a dreamer
Higher education awaits with trepidation the Chancellor's Budget Statement next week. We already know we face cuts in real terms of around 25 per cent over the next three years. Further reductions in...
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Mobile mums and deprived dads
I am surprised by Joanna Gray's claim (THES, letters, November 17) that women academics with partners and families are less mobile than their male counterparts. When I moved across the country to my...
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Don's Diary
Sunday. Breakfast in my lovely apartment on the edge of the Grunewald in Berlin. Decide to visit the "East" on the bus. Get there and realise it is really the middle. Bratwurst by the Brandenburg...
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Bogeymen and demons of GNVQ
Ron Barnett (THES, November 17) makes a number of very fair criticisms of the NCVQ consultative document on higher-level GNVQs. It is a pity that he mars these by seemingly ruling out the possibility...
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Advancing the cause of nations
We, the editors of Nations and Nationalism, were pleased that the journal was reviewed (THES, October 20). However Nations and Nationalism "is not self-consciously attempting to create a space for...
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Amazing dancing profs
I read with interest of the intention to create the first professorships in the further education sector at Bishop Burton College, East Yorkshire (THES, November 17), with commercial sponsorships of...
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Catastrophe for physics at A level
Before writing an intemperate article using terms such as "scandalous", "prejudice" and "hunch", it would have been wise if Cambridge historian Simon Szreter had checked a few sources. He would have...
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Triple counting in research assessment
It is incumbent on the Higher Education Funding Council for England to state how it plans to remove the well-documented biases that arise from its choice of performance indicators for the forthcoming...
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Marathon achievement
The profession may not like them but the public does. Parents and potential students are coming increasingly to rely on them. League tables are here to stay - and indeed officially sanctioned ones...
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Catastrophe for physics at A level
I am studying for four "hard" science A levels and was naturally alarmed by Simon Szreter's inference that my grades may be worth less than those of my peers taking "softer" subjects. I do agree that...
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Catastrophe for physics at A level
Simon Szreter makes a serious point about the probable effects of disparate marking schemes. One has to ask why there is often such resistance to resolving this anomaly, which comes up regularly for...
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Governing the governors
The Nolan committee is investigating standards in various publicly-funded bodies, including universities. One key issue being examined is the appointment and accountability of university governors....
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Student unrest hits Paris
Student action in France has escalated and spread to some of the Paris universities as education minister Francois Bayrou's attempt to tackle complaints about unfair allocation of teachers and...