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  1. Helping Kyrgyzstan make the news

    Angela Thomae reports on a project by a British university that aims to help would-be journalists in a former Soviet republic distinguish opinions from facts. "Sorry, where did you say?" I asked my...

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  2. Spinning yarns with silk road storytellers

    Central Asia has a huge hunger for cultural expression and exchange. The UK should do more to satisfy it, says Sally Pomme Clayton. On tour in April with the British Council Literature Department to...

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  3. The ABCs of HIV/Aids

    Fran Balkwill does not let her 'day job' leading cancer research keep her from her passion - conveying the stories of science to children. She spoke to Claire Sanders. For Fran Balkwill, a prominent...

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  4. Moral? Maybe. Double edged? No doubt

    The sacking of two Israeli scholars from the boards of journals as part of an academic boycott highlights the question of whether such actions work and whether they do more harm than good. Caroline...

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  5. Pencil point blunted

    I read "Is your career in the can?" ( THES , July 5) with interest, particularly as it highlighted the achievements of London Institute students. But the conclusion mentioned the institute's improved...

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  6. Savage closure

    We the undersigned write in protest at the University of Birmingham's recent decision to close the department of cultural studies. It is internationally acknowledged that the department has been a...

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  7. Unjustified rebuke

    I supervised Dennis Foster's part-time PhD thesis studies from October 1997 until July 1999 (Whistleblowers, THES , July 12). Dr Foster failed his PhD at Exeter University, but subsequently achieved...

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  8. Perfectly formed

    My university strongly refutes the suggestion that its redundancy committee is "improperly formed" (For the record, THES , July 12). Two members of academic staff sit on it, as our statutes require....

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  9. No hurdle for LSC

    The article "Post-16 reform hits new hurdle" ( THES , July 12) was so wide of the mark as to require correction. It claimed that "weak local management" in our 47 local learning and skills councils...

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  10. Deadly data (1)

    Widening participation means attracting students who are bright but may be ill prepared. Foundation programmes can help but are under threat because of the way the Higher Education Funding Council...

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  11. Deadly data (2)

    London Guildhall University writes off student debt only when it has exhausted all avenues for collection ("'No fee, no degree' threat", THES , July 5). Withholding certificates or graduation...

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  12. Poor assessment

    Frank Furedi's criticism of our research on academic assessment practice (Why I..., THES , July 5) misses a fundamental point: students expect a level of fairness and parity in the assessment of...

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  13. Israeli assaults demand action (1)

    The week that acres of newsprint were expended on the removal of two Israelis from honorary positions on the editorial boards of two specialist journals ("Israeli sackings prompt inquiry", THES ,...

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  14. Israeli assaults demand action (2)

    As convenor of a network of socialist historians, I support the academic boycott of official contact with Israeli academics. The ultimate aim, however, is to put pressure on the Israeli government. I...

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  15. Israeli assaults demand action

    Having friends on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict, I abhor the policies of the Sharon government and the actions of suicide bombers. If there is to be a boycott, be even-handed. Include...

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