US backs apartheid protesters
The American embassy in Tokyo has backed protests by foreign teachers at Japanese state universities against what they claim are "systematic dismissals" of foreign academics over a certain age and "...
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Bring those accountable to book
Alfred Morris proposes a new model for quality in higher education. Tim Boswell's weary suggestion that in the absence of agreement between the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the...
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India ignored
How can Peter Harris (World View, THES April 14) talk of Asia without showing a trace of awareness of the Indian subcontinent? A consideration of the variety of Indian attitudes to democracy, for...
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Dismissed at a moment's notice
For the past five years I have worked as a part-time lecturer in the department of adult education at Hull University. Last month I was dismissed at a moment's notice and without any prior warning by...
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Axe falls on Europe linguistsBath and Bradford universities
Euro-MPs have joined the battle to save two internationally-acclaimed language courses from closure because of Government cuts in student support. England's only postgraduate combined translation and...
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Aberdeen's rude awakening
When James IV of Scotland applied to Pope Alexander VI to set up a university in Aberdeen, the foundation Bull the pope issued in response was enthusiastic. The proposed university's catchment area...
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Blowing the whistle on referees
The research selectivity exercise presumes that the best papers get published in the best journals. The evidence suggests that on the contrary, the refereeing process discriminates against the best...
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The gene genies
Anyone who has sat on a modern jury trying a case of rape knows about the DNA test. The matching of DNA in semen from the rapist with that found on the victim is a powerful piece of evidence. But it...
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Recruit crisis in Russian military
The Russian Defence Ministry wants to abolish deferment of military service for students because of a 25 per cent shortfall in recruitment. Lieutenant-General Vyacheslav Zherebtsov, head of the...
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The expansion conundrum
The article by Huw Richards "V-cs push for further expansion" (THES, January 20) epitomises what is wrong with British higher education. On the one hand you and other newspapers carry regular letters...
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Freud and the `selfish gene'
Christopher Badcock's portrayal of Freud as the precursor to Richard Dawkins (THES, February 3) is unconvincing. Dr Badcock claims "the essential identity" of Freud's ideas on inheritance with "the...
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Slowly, slowly, on selection
The post A-level university selection system the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals and Universities and Colleges Admissions Service proposes to introduce from 1997 (THES, February 3) needs...
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An inside job or a set-up?
Crime, a major London conference will hear next week, could be in the genes. As the argument that some people are biologically disposed to criminal behaviour has gained ground, Kam Patel asks...
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Don's Diary
MONDAY. Early start - a colleague picks me up from home in Crewe at 6.15am to give me a lift to work in Manchester. We discuss Crewe Alexandra's magnificent 4-0 win over Brighton, the week's work...