Massive shake-up for cash-strapped OU
The Open University may have to shed up to 350 jobs and completely reorganise its regional structure because of a financial crisis. In one year the university has gone from a 1994/95 surplus of...
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Maths fails to muster A-level student troops
Students on A-level courses have trebled in number in the past 30 years but the proportion of 18-year-olds taking science and mathematics has stuck stubbornly at 5 per cent, according to a study...
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A First glass honour
Sunderland and Dan Klein share a passion for glass. And, as one of the first professors in the subject, he tells Harriet Swain about his love of collecting and the new National Glass Centre being...
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Farid the fair and faithful
South African lecturer Farid Esack is one of a rare breed, the radical Muslim, unafraid to challenge Islamic prejudice. His appointment to the new Gender Equality Commission is all grist to the mill...
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Club ties sideline oval ball tradition
Huw Richards reports on the future of that most ancient of university sports, rugby union, now that it is played by professionals and awash with lucre. All other things were merely side issues. We...
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Cities light torch of excellence
One of the most remarkable developments in the 20th century is the way modern education has become accepted as the norm throughout the world. All those who regularly attend meetings on education...
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Traditions lost in the market-place
In this, my last column before being what the editors euphemistically call "rested", I want to address some broader issues about the nature and purposes of higher education that the Dearing inquiry...
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Morale of morals
In the announcement ("Firms favour director dons", THES, November 1) of an otherwise noteworthy initiative by the Employers for Higher Education forum, I was saddened to see ethics described as an "...
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Cooking: the books
In response to the interview with Lisa Jardine (THES, November 1), I wish to point out that there is a thriving academic industry revolving around food, and in particular, culinary history, with...
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Caring for children
I am writing in response to "Day care does not harm children" (THES, November 1). I was astonished to read the article, which fails to take account of a significant and growing body of evidence which...
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Tied up in Notts
Some misconceptions are reported in your article "Staff Vote for PRP Salary Scheme" (THES, November 8). Union representatives were sent copies of the scheme rules so that they were able to advise...
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Hitting the customer is a bad idea
No one can blame people who work for universities for being fed up and angry. They have had a rotten deal for years. Their salaries have shadowed the retail price index and not average earnings - and...
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