Darwinism for today
Those who know anything about evolutionary biology (aka Neo-Darwinism) are invariably dismayed by the tiresome claims that Brian Goodwin ("Neo-Darwinism has failed as an evolutionary theory", THES,...
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3 June 1996
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Teaching assistants unite over strike
Graduate students who work as teachers, graders, tutors and researchers have been on strike at Yale University in a dispute closely watched by other private universities and colleges in the United...
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Two-tone tonsure
The Blair hair row has meant the health of a public pate is no fringe issue. Terry Melia, outgoing chief inspector of the Further Education Funding Council, grasped the nettle when he helpfully...
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In praise of unknown metre maids
David Charter reports on the critical rediscovery of long-neglected women poets. Wordsworth's wandering lonely days are over. The image of the solitary Romantic hero, busy communing with nature and...
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5 January 1998
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5 May 1997
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24 July 2014
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DTI blow to industry link
The Department of Trade and Industry has pulled out of funding a multimillion pound initiative aimed at improving links between industry and universities. But the scheme will still be launched on a...
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Six of the best 'could be better'
France's six new universities are dynamic and have reached a level of development which is "irreversible", but state aid has been "notoriously inadequate", according to the academic assessment body,...
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11 May 2007
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Ashdown unveils People First policy
Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, has promised "clear, costed commitments for specific goals" in education. Better training and adult education were among the targets in a "people first"...
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Round Robbins
However, not everything at the CVCP is on a downward spiral. The evidence to Dearing runs to 70 pages and costs Pounds 25 for four volumes. By contrast, Roberts held up the CVCP evidence to Robbins...