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  1. Marked problem of rewarding status quo 1

    Hurrah for Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's assault on marking schemes (Columnist, 24 July). I spent two years as an A-level Edexcel assistant physics examiner. The first, with the various "standardisation...

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  2. Marked problem of rewarding status quo 2

    Both Steven Barnett (Opinion, 24 July) and Robin Wilson ("Wondrous games of logic", 24 July) speak for many of the research assessment exercise (RAE)-disenfranchised in referring to how we need some...

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  3. Marked problem of rewarding status quo 3

    I have to endorse everything Felipe Fernandez-Armesto says. On the PGCE course I completed this year, tutors were obliged to mark according to inflexible criteria and not to exercise their own...

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  4. Marked problem of rewarding status quo 4

    I agree with many of the points made by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, especially in relation to the "accountancy" aspects of marking schemes. I would extend his sentiment by citing the Oscar Wilde quote...

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  5. Fostering free debate

    Our evidence has consistently shown that there is serious, but not widespread, extremist activity in higher education establishments. Most people in Muslim communities reject terrorism and say there...

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  6. Educators not coaches

    The 2007 Work-Life Balance Survey by Coventry University reported that leadership styles in higher education were perceived to be reactive, secretive, inconsistent, demotivating controlling and...

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  7. Boycott counterproductive

    As a member of Amnesty International and a supporter of human rights, I am sympathetic to the Palestinian cause, but why do certain members of the University and College Union limit their focus to...

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  8. Lost before translation

    Perhaps the problem people have when learning a second language has been so-called political correctness ("One tongue, very tied", 17 July). If I were to learn Latin now, should I translate...

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  9. Too comfortable to change

    Mary Evans is right about widening participation and it is refreshing to read such a clear analysis of an obvious problem (Opinion, 31 July). The University of Cambridge constantly talks about...

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  10. Different audit, same result

    Sheffield Hallam University did not take part in the Quality Assurance Agency's pilot scheme in which students observed QAA institutional audits of higher education institutions ("Watchdog adds...

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  11. Classify via national exam

    I disagree with Frank Furedi's conclusion that comparability of degrees is incompatible with "a pluralistic academic environment" ("A first-class fiasco", 31 July).The problem of comparing first...

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  12. Learn to press for success

    Matt Rooney, an engineer and Science Media Fellow, on news-savvy ways to convey your research message

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  13. Grant winners

    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCILThe STFC's Science in Society Fellowships are aimed at academics with significant research experience who have demonstrated a track record in outreach or...

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  14. Sporting spirit

    The Olympics and sport in general give countries a way to engage with the world, says Grant Jarvie, a sports studies expert

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  15. Appointments

    Andrew Watkinson, a professor at the University of East Anglia who heads the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, has been appointed director of the Living with Environmental Change (LWEC)...

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