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  2. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a classic drama about a man who goes to the devil: "Unsteady shapes, who early in the past/ Showed in...

    #Books

  3. Laurie Taylor Column

    Ah, Maureen, there you are. Still coping? One does one's best, Professor Lapping. Maureen, I'd like you to send a top-priority e-mail to all members of department drawing their attention to the...

    #Laurie

  5. Leader: Small changes may presage seismic shifts

    Behind the sighs of relief over this week's student application figures from Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell  and other supporters of top-up fees, there should be at least a little...

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    #Opinion

  6. Spelling out the real problems 1

    I was disappointed at the hyperbole of your headline "Tutors in despair at illiterate freshers" (February 10) and the subsequent coverage. By selecting seven short and emotive quotations from the 250...

    #Letters

  7. Spelling out the real problems 2

    Your report on illiterate freshers reveals what teaching staff have been saying for years. Many factors degrade the student learning experience. These include inadequate basic skills, a culture of...

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  8. Spelling out the real problems 3

    Students entering university today have a very different skill base compared with those of even ten years ago, and their social and educational experience is different from that of those who are...

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  9. Spelling out the real problems 4

    You miss out one key contribution that academe can make to wiping out the alleged escalation of illiteracy. English is the only major world language (apart from Chinese) where you often cannot work...

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  10. Spelling out the real problems 5

    Are the academics (and business leaders) who fulminate against the literacy skills of today's undergraduates the same ones who built their careers on peddling obscurantist drivel, aided by those...

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  11. Driven mad 1

    It is all very well for Andrew Oswald to state that "People design their lives the way they want" ("Got a space to think but no space for your car?", February 10). But many people cannot. I spent...

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  12. Driven mad 2

    In my daily newspaper: dramatic new evidence showing that our planet is becoming overheated because of global warming. And in The Times Higher : dramatic new evidence showing that academics have...

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  13. Driven mad 3

    The articles on commuting to work and the problems of parking charges overlap with a survey we are conducting of commuters during February. We would like to find out the secrets to a stress-free...

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  14. Oxford's own Edward?

    In "Rebels in push for vote on Oxford v-c" (February 3), Peter Oppenheimer says: "Many of us believe that (John) Hood thinks of the new governance structure as a lever by which he can increase his...

    #Letters

  15. Peaceful free speech

    Irshad Manji's "Islam's no joking matter - and that's the problem" (February 10) misrepresents tolerant Islam. Islam, Judaism and Christianity co-existed peacefully for generations. Islam calls on...

    #Letters