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  1. Laurie Taylor Column

    DISPUTE BULLETIN This week, a selection of vice-chancellors describe their reactions to the latest developments: Vice-chancellor, Old Sarum Well, of course, some people felt I'd been a little...

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  2. The action is over and we are back from the brink

    Sally Feldman tends to her frayed nerves and rejoices that a particularly bitter chapter in university history is closed So it's over. And we're all breathing a collective sigh of relief that the...

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  3. Alan Ryan

    On the face of it, PQA - post-qualification application - is the only rational way to handle university admissions. More information on an applicant is better than less; newer evidence is better than...

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  4. Leader: You get what you pay for, Mr Brown

    Off-the-cuff remarks at occasions such as Monday's launch of the Centre for European Reform's report on European universities do not constitute spending commitments. But Gordon Brown's...

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  5. Leader: Is 0.6% worth the pain?

    The overwhelming reaction of academics and students, articulated by Sally Feldman, will be relief that the assessment boycott is over. Even in the unlikely event of union members rejecting their...

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  6. Questions of fairness and Israel 1

    I welcome last week's article by David Cesarani, "The Left's 'anti-Semitism' can't go unchallenged", which makes some very good points concerning the recent resurgence of anti-Israel rhetoric in...

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  7. Questions of fairness and Israel 2

    We are all members of the Association of University Teachers/University and College Union. We are also members of BRICUP, the British Committee for Universities in Palestine, an organisation...

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  8. Questions of fairness and Israel 3

    David Cesarani bemoans the recent surge of anti-Semitism in British society and then says, "Most Jews in Britain have ties to or identify with Israel." We can no longer rationalise this kind of...

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  9. Questions of fairness and Israel 4

    David Cesarani does not mention the pivotal part of the Left's critique of Israel - that it is a "settler-colonial state". This means that the entire "Zionist entity" founded in 1948 is illegitimate...

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  10. No racists at work

    "The integrity or otherwise of Frank Ellis's views on intelligence and race" is indeed not of any concern to Leeds union members, as your correspondent suggests (Letters, May 26). His bigoted and...

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  11. Naughty and Knight

    I read that Peter Knight is finally to hang up his mace at Birmingham. For so many years the bête noire of higher education, there must be a sackful of Knightisms around for our delectation. Here's...

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  12. Segregation in Iran

    The Government in Iran is denying Bah '!s access to education as part of an effort to undermine the viability of an entire community. This must be recognised as a systematic attack on human rights...

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  13. Committed citizens

    The article "Roehampton first to teach citizenship to freshers" (May 12) describes Roehampton's citizenship course as the "first of its kind in the UK". This is not quite right. Glasgow University's...

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  14. Skilled up

    As a senior lecturer who leads several modules on a programme leading to a postgraduate diploma in education, I agree that many new staff find these courses demanding in terms of time ("Teaching...

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  15. Bemused and confused 1

    When I first saw Bournemouth University's advertisement in The Times Higher seeking a head of brand and marketing communications (May 26), I thought that Bournemouth must have an expanding business...

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