Events
YIXING TEAPOTS Two master teapot makers from Yixing, China, will demonstrate their techniques during the International Potters' Festival at Aberystwyth Arts Centre (July 14-16). Yixing county on the...
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UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS The following will become professors from August 1: Ian Wood, senior lecturer, will become professor of early medieval history; Robert Knipe, reader in structural geology; Robert...
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Casualties mount in a barmy army
Few in universities will be surprised by the statement that time spent on research has declined since the 1986 funding changes. The demands of an increased teaching load, increased administration and...
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No CVCP 'no'vote on quality
Claire Sanders's article on the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals main committee meeting at which v-cs discussed Higher Education Funding Council for England proposals for the future of...
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How hostel subsidy distorts finances
Lucy Hodges in her summary (THES, June 9) of the recent World Bank report on higher education in Eastern Europe, quotes the example of Romanian student protest at hostel overcrowding in support for...
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Undergrads are Oxford's strength
Oxford is in so many ways all that a university ought to be, it has no centre. It does take teaching and research seriously, your editorial says (THES, June 16). As a United States citizen who has...
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Lecturers let down by pay offer
You report that Stephen Rouse, chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association, expressed surprise at the robust rejection by the unions, AUCL and Natfhe, of the recent 2.5...
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Germanic Kevins
French researchers cannot find an explanation for the sudden popularity of the name Kevin in France (THES, June 16). They have not used much imagination, having restricted their search to American...
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An investment in their future
The National Commission on Education's alternative student loan scheme is the best option, argues Christopher Johnson. The Government has succeeded beyond expectations in increasing the demand for...
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Gender as a mindbender
After reading the interview with Deborah Tannen (THES, June 9), I wondered, not for the first time, whether media treatment of her has something to do with the fact that her work is about gender. I...
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Roaming the Web for work
Should I laugh or cry? Reading the article on Professor Cheng's demotion due to allegations of plagiarism at City University, Hong Kong, (THES, 9 June), I began to wonder whether there was something...
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Skills training for PhD supervisors
Postgraduate students are quite rightly expressing their concerns about the provision made for them. As only a quarter of doctoral students achieve their PhD within five years of registration, there...
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Labour eyes miss action
Panic-stricken manoeuvres within the Conservative Party to escape blame, bribe voters or try a new leader, reveal more clearly than anything else could that Labour is riding for victory. What would a...
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Key issues for Nolan
Guidance on proper behaviour seems to be spilling out of every official organisation in further and higher education. The Higher Education Funding Council has published its rules for council members...
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Scotland's MANs of the moment
Every year Scottish university principals and senior lay and academic representatives have held a residential meeting at The Burn, a country house sited in spectacular scenery beside a salmon river....