A bit of take and give
Alison Goddard looks at how top-up fee income will be spent in England Huge variations in what is on offer to students at English universities have been revealed by a survey of the access agreements...
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Conference on funding R&D in the public interest, June 13-14 2005
London, 05 May 2005 TACD and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, centered at Columbia University, will be holding a seminar at Columbia University, New York City. The discussions will focus on how...
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Agenda of the 301st Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST), 23 May 2005
Brussels, 05 May 2005 Full text of Document 1670/05 1. Adoption of the Draft Agenda 2. Approval of the Draft Summary Conclusions of the 300th Meeting of 18 March 2005 - Doc. 1203/1/05 CREST REV 1 3....
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 11 May
Brussels, 05 May 2005 Full text of Document 1628/1/05 Revision 01 REVISED AGENDA 1. Proposal for the 7th Framework Programme - Continuation of the examination of the proposal: Theme "Socio-Economic...
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Today's news
Tuition fee rise leaves part-time students on brink of extinction Thousands of students hoping to embark on part-time study for degrees next year will find their ambitions blocked as universities...
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Laurie Taylor Column
" Staff will be required to divulge their sexual orientation to help universities demonstrate that they do not discriminate against them " - The Times Higher, April 29 UNIVERSITY OF POPPLETON To:...
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Leader: Will sweeteners leave sour taste?
Variable fees may have turned out to be a misnomer in universities - although not in mixed-economy colleges - but there is plenty of variation in institutions' plans for disposing of the income. No...
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Leader: All eyes on Supa group
Physics is a science where size matters: there are few good small departments. And despite being overtaken by other subjects in the popularity stakes, physics is important academically as well as...
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Do something positive 3
I am surprised and dismayed at the biased coverage of the AUT boycott of Israeli academics by The Times Higher . Articles and letters spouting vituperation against the AUT give just one side of the...
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Support renaissance
I was involved in the recent reputation audit of Glasgow University and would agree that it has suffered from a degree of complacency ("Glasgow hears its gloss is gone", April 29). Increasing student...
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Shadow over Sheffield
The case leading to your article "Inaction fuels research row" (April 29) has cast a dark shadow over Sheffield Medical School. I have watched a good colleague getting mauled by a set of...
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All over bar shouting
Gary Day's electoral confusion at the difficulty of distinguishing between anodyne electoral contestants is reflected, I suspect, around the country (Opinion, April 29). Here in Bedford, the three...
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Sceptic thanks
Anthony Pagden's discussion of "Big Questions in History" (Features, April 29) opens with a quotation from Richard Rorty. An omission in his account is any mention of his late emeritus colleague...
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A question of choice
Your correspondents need to read more of the literature surrounding assessment when commenting on the proposed new university entrance test (Letters, April 22). Thinking skills is a discipline that...
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Editor has crucial role
Tim Birkhead states that we are "in free fall to a random refereeing process" (Working Knowledge, April 29). Unfortunately, his arguments lack cogency. For instance, the UK does not dominate the...