A clean bill of health
The Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine welcomes and supports the serious and extensive coverage given to its field (THES Synthesis, January 20). However a number of points need to be...
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A clean bill of health
Roger Ellis reveals some misconceptions about physiotherapy and the professions allied to medicine generally. He appears to consider the inclusion of disciplines such as anatomy, physiology and...
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Mao and the Net
As I read "Scuppering the Great Helmsman" (THES, December 16 1994), I could not help but think that the author must be one of the few true believers in Mao left alive these days. But what John...
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DIY assessment for beginners
John Stoddart, chairman of the Higher Education Quality Council, made an eloquent case in The THES (December 9, 1994) for a "supportive, collective self-regulatory system" of quality assurance for...
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Taslima Nasreen
Six leading writers will speak on the subject of the Dissident Word in the fourth series of Amnesty Lectures which starts next week at the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford. I used to hear the chants of...
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Wole Soyinka
Six leading writers will speak on the subject of the Dissident Word in the fourth series of Amnesty Lectures which starts next week at the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford. The literary career of Nig-...
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Court of appeal
The O.J. Simpson trial: judicial proceeding or popular entertainment? Wendy Lesser on the cameras in the courtroom. It would be either foolish or disingenuous to suggest that fascination with the...
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College clash over Shattock report
Twenty-two senior managers from Wilmorton College, Derby, have signed a letter to Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education, calling for the urgent implementation of a devastating report on...
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Irish budget decision expected on fee ban
The Irish government will an-nounce in next week's budget whether it is to abolish tuition fees in universities and other higher and further education colleges. The issue is being pushed by Niamh...
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Appointments at the Academy of Medical Sciences
New fellows elected to the the AMS on April 1 2001. Dr Timothy John Aitman , M.R.C. Clinical Scientist, Honorary Clinical Reader and Consultant Physician, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre,...
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Information
There is now an opportunity to include more listings in Noticeboard and on the new Internet listings service NetGazette. The newspaper version of Noticeboard will continue to focus on the UK with the...
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Net users take fast line to new jobs
Use of The THES Internet Service increased by half as the online service, offering job advertisements, summaries of the newspaper's contents, and other resources, entered its second week. The busiest...
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Funders delay quality plan
Vice chancellors are facing further delays before they can discuss the Higher Education Funding Council for England's proposals for a single quality body. The funding council is committed to...
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Help for contract staff
Proposals for the career management of contract research staff in universities are close to being finalised by the research councils. Kenneth Edwards, chairman of the Committee of Vice Chancellors...
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Research cash shortfall
Oxford University is filing a complaint to the Office of Science and Technology over the research councils' handling of claims for research project costs. The university says it has lost Pounds 3...