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  2. Laurie Taylor Column

    "Universities UK (formerly the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals) is struggling to represent the interests of all its members since the publication of the higher education white paper" -...

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  3. Leader: Joinery showing signs of shoddy workmanship

    What seemed a masterful piece of political joinery is looking more rickety as each day passes since the publication of the government's plans for higher education. From grants and fees to 6* research...

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  4. Leader: Unsatisfied students have no right to refund

    Students who pay the full cost of their education - even on credit - may think they have the same right to complain about the service as anyone else spending money. And their inclination to expect...

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  5. Take time to win the philosophical battle

    The drive towards war on Iraq appears unstoppable, but it's not too late to pause to reflect on the justice of the fight - a king once halted a war so his leading thinkers could consider the very...

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  6. Men without a mission make poor soldiers

    The drive towards war on Iraq appears unstoppable, but it's not too late to pause to reflect on the justice of the fight - a king once halted a war so his leading thinkers could consider the very...

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  7. Return Iraq to Iraqis by removing Saddam

    The drive towards war on Iraq appears unstoppable, but it's not too late to pause to reflect on the justice of the fight - a king once halted a war so his leading thinkers could consider the very...

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  8. Who dares turn their nose up at Mrs Dalloway?

    The rapturous reception of The Hours has confirmed the American love affair with Virginia Woolf but many British critics stubbornly refuse to accord her classic status. Brenda Silver explores a...

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  9. Science of Sunday roast and sex in space

    Len Fisher has a mission to explain science to the public and he uses biscuit dunking, gravy absorption and love in zero gravity to make his point. Scientists and non-scientists alike are intrigued...

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  11. Bursting bubbles of lofty repute

    A long-lost Shakespeare sonnet, Hitler's diaries and cold fusion are discoveries that scholars have gambled their reputations on. But, says Huw Richards, wrong turns can help spur advances. It seems...

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  12. Top-up fees: prudence or betrayal? 1

    Michael Wise overstates the shortcomings of Australia's Higher Education Contribution Scheme (Letters, THES , January 31). Hecs did reduce the general taxpayer's contribution to higher education, but...

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  13. Top-up fees: prudence or betrayal? 2

    The government appears intent on perpetuating a perverse feature of its post-1997 reorganisation of student funding. Whereas most middle-class students were made £1,000 a year worse off when fees...

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  14. Reflect a little 1

    Alan Sinfield hits out at the "self-appointing Council for College and University English" ("Reader, you are not welcome", THES , February 14). CCUE membership is open to all UK English departments...

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  15. Reflect a little 2

    I was tickled by Alan Sinfield's view of reading. Apparently ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class dictate our book choice. Gosh. But that's only our starting point. The process of reading is...

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