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  1. Reaching parts other histories can't reach

    A 450-year chronicle-in-progress of the British parliamentary system gives a unique insight into every MP's life. Huw Richards reports There were reports of "violent doings at Bridgnorth, both...

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  2. Can UK make a great leap in knowledge?

    Claire Sanders looks at why Chinese studies is struggling in the UK when China is booming. Oxford University's appointment of Cornell professor Vivienne Shue as its first professor of contemporary...

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  3. An army of managers in need of training

    Paul FitzPatrick reports from Asia on a hunger for MBAs. When people talk about "unleashing creativity" or "becoming emotionally literate", the People's Liberation Army may not spring to mind. But...

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  4. Plagiarism is just a mouseclick away

    Students are using text messaging to cheat in exams and copying from the internet for coursework. Chris Bunting reports on how institutions are dealing with the issue. A student in a final...

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  5. Fulfilled but poor

    So nearly a quarter of postgraduates feel that a PhD in the arts and humanities has failed to fulfil their career aspirations (News, THES , December 6)? Is the bottle half full or half empty? More...

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  6. Murray was first

    Alison Richard will not be Cambridge's first female vice-chancellor ("Steely veteran with a cold eye on the bottom line", THES , December 6). Dame Rosemary Murray holds that distinction (1975-77)....

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  7. On the right track for inclusion 1

    I read half the report on sports minister Richard Caborn's criticism of elitism in sports science ("Coaches slated for failing the team", THES , November 29) as I walked to lecture sports-science...

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  8. On the right track for inclusion 2

    Sports scientists' defensiveness about their intellectual credentials is clear from your accusation that my department is undermining sport psychology's academic profile by introducing a joint...

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  9. On the right track for inclusion 3

    Chris Cooper (Letters, THES , December 6) tells us that he teaches and researches in pure biochemistry. I am sure we would all like to know what "pure biochemistry" is. Could there be an "impure...

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  10. Words of support

    We are writing in support of Mona Baker, who is under investigation by the University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology for removing two Israeli members from the editorial board of a...

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  11. Shortcircuit degrees

    John Sutherland is too cautious: surely we could downsize his proposal for a one-year undergraduate degree to six months ("Why I, THES , December 6). After all, 360 modular credit hours will,...

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  12. Teaching truths? 1

    One has to sympathise with the teaching-quality problems faced by Graham Gibbs' daughters at their research university ("Research strategy limits the teaching of students", THES , November 29). One...

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  13. Teaching truths? 2

    Graham Gibbs' daughters' experience of late and little feedback may be because of the large number of students and a tight turnaround time. How can coursework increase students' learning experience...

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  14. Contract for comfort

    Sean McGough is right to highlight the plight of postgraduate students ("Call to boost pay for postgrad teachers", THES , November 29). But there is hope. Some institutions have moved to fractional...

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  15. Gender offender 1

    Michael Rennie, writing from a department where just one in five academic staff is female, believes that higher salaries and time will solve gender imbalance in science (Letters, THES , December 6)....

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