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  1. Keep Cambridge at top

    If Cambridge were excluded from the select band of research institutions likely to benefit from greater government investment because of its governance ("Cambridge status at risk", THES , February 7...

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  2. Interview critiques 2

    I agree wholeheartedly with Alison Wolf's view that entrance examinations are a better and fairer way to conduct admissions than interviews. But it's absurd to call Oxbridge's reliance on interviews...

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  3. Class, fees and sin 1

    The widening funding gap between high and low-status universities is as much an equity issue as students' access ("Poor jump fee hurdle", THES , February 7). High-status universities with strong...

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  4. Surveys are sound

    Jim Taylor's criticism of performance indicators for the employment of graduates is based on a number of inaccurate assumptions ("Graduate jobs data deemed flawed", THES , February 7). The article...

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  5. Baker's sorry standard

    Gideon Toury ("Mona Baker's double standard", THES , February 7) is right to note the perversity of Mona Baker's attempt to justify the boycott by a British "private citizen" (Baker) of an Israeli "...

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  6. Class, fees and sin 2

    So higher education minister Margaret Hodge thinks "low-paid work is good life experience for a pretty privileged bunch of young people" ("Fact: term-time jobs damage grades", THES , February 7). Isn...

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  7. Class, fees and sin 3

    Debates about funding and widening participation are nothing new. A 1229 recruiting leaflet from the "new" University of Toulouse offers prospective students the "plenary indulgence of all their sins...

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  8. Interview critiques 1

    Alison Wolf writes that she is "utterly bemused by Oxbridge's arrogant belief that abandoning exams for interviews meant they would be 'fair' to everyone" (Opinion, THES , February 7). She may well...

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  12. MED-REUNET seminar on wastewater reclamation

    Brussels, 12 Feb 2003 The Mediterranean network on wastewater reclamation and reuse (MED-REUNET), a cooperative programme funded by the European Commission, will hold a seminar in Izmir, Turkey, from...

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  14. Some UK universities set to lose government research funding

    Brussels, 12 Feb 2003 Further concentration of government funding for research at UK universities may mean a loss of funding for some university departments doing research of national excellence...

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  15. Ariane-4 launch delayed

    Paris, 12 Feb 2003 The last launch of an Ariane 4, due to take place this morning at 08:00 CET from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, has been postponed due to unfavourable weather...

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