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  4. Laurie Taylor column

    " I want all universities to put roots down in schools, so that the presence of someone from higher education becomes run-of-the-mill " - Education secretary Estelle Morris, THES , October 26 Well,...

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  5. Letter: Media distortion

    It is a pity that Sally Feldman used her review of the Journal of Media Practice (Books, THES , October 26) to re-visit old scores with some of the contributors rather than address the academic...

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    #Opinion

  6. Letter: Wise up to industry

    I have worked in IT for 11 years, including eight in industry and three as a full-time university lecturer. I hold an MSc in computing and a PGCE. Seeking to become a full-time university lecturer...

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  7. Letter: In brief 1

    Was your diarist ( THES , October 26) really present in Frankfurt when I described two concepts of the London School of Economics - the old "fiction of the single-faculty school" and the "postmodern...

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  8. Letter: In brief 2

    I have just learned from James Graham (Books, THES , October 12) that Gutenberg invented printing and thus defined the Renaissance. Did William Gilbert's invention of the magnetic compass provide a...

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  9. Letter: In brief 3

    Christians rely on the words of Lord Darling more often than do lawyers. That Nicholas Maude, finance director of London Guildhall University does (Letters, October 26), throws light on the dark...

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  10. Letter: No, minister 1

    "Universities are not the birthright for the middle classes," states education secretary Estelle Morris ( THES , October 26), but that is exactly what is happening under the present policy. In the...

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  11. Letter: No, minister 2

    So Estelle Morris intends to redefine higher education and wants "the presence of someone from higher education (to become) run-of-the-mill..." in schools. The Oxford English Dictionary defines run-...

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  12. Letter: No, minister 3

    Paul Ormerod is concerned about Estelle Morris's exhortation to universities to work with regional development agencies and local industry groups to produce research and teaching that is "relevant"...

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  13. Letter: Invert that snobbery 1

    In my experience, students cannot distinguish between "old" and "new" universities ("Students swayed by the old school", THES , October 26). Indeed, I have had to provide my research staff, some of...

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  14. Letter: Invert that snobbery 2

    Surely John Harwood and Mike Tomlinson must realise what a demoralising effect their comments on quality have on staff in further education colleges ("LSC chief defends comments", THES , October 19...

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  15. Letter: Invert that snobbery 3

    Paul Taylor (Soapbox, THES , October 26) provides discourse enough to underpin the looming barriers to progression from further into higher education. There is an obverse to his argument that there...

    #Opinion