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Triesman calls for boycott of Oxford Union The Association of University Teachers general secretary David Triesman has threatened to campaign for a worldwide boycott of the Oxford Union for inviting...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Oxford University is to open the world's first internet institute in an effort to put Britain at the centre of global e-research after Dame Steve Shirley, founder of FI Group and one...
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Polishing those pledges before electoral rituals
As the parties fine tune their manifestos, Anthony Barker looks at some key issues that will not win the election. A general election campaign is imminent and "education" will, of course, be one of...
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Give students back grants, urge voters
Voters are unhappy with tuition fees and the scrapping of student grants, according to two MORI polls conducted for The THES in March and April this year. The first showed that 63 per cent of people...
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Calls 2001
Deadline: 28/09/2001
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Laurie Taylor column
NAMING OF BAYS It has been decided after careful consideration that the present practice (see Article 33a) of inscribing the names of senior staff in their Parking Bays will be discontinued. The...
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Letter: Togetherness
I would like to respond to David Head's suggestion that the Higher Education Funding Council for England has been inconsistent in its approach to the development of modern languages (Letters, THES ,...
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Letter: Bizarre mementoes
George Blazyca will find an opportunity to display "bizarre items of audit inquisition" (Letters, THES , April 20) on our University of Armageddon website: www.missendencentre.co.uk/armuniv/index.htm...
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Letter: Tripped on red tape (1)
No one will be surprised that the Quality Assurance Agency finds itself in the dock, except perhaps the QAA (Letters, THES , April 20). I am not sure, however, that the right charge is on the charge...
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Letter: Tripped on red tape (2)
The statement that the Higher Education Funding Council "has a legal obligation to ensure that standards in universities are monitored" is incorrect. No funding council is under such an obligation,...
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Letter: Sleepless in Seattle
David Caplin painted a fascinating picture of hectic events following the accidental discovery of superconductivity at 39K by Jun Akimitsu and colleagues at Aoyama-Gakuin University, Tokyo in the "...
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Letter: Placement pay-off
Our department runs one of the biggest life science placement operations in the country. Each year we arrange up to 150 placements, including many in the United States (Letters, THES , April 20)....
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Letter: Casual staff routinely neglected (1)
I can attest to the downside of contract work ("Short term and shortchanged?" Analysis, THES , April ). My experience in six northern institutions has made me realise the level of utter indifference...
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Letter: Casual staff routinely neglected (2)
The article citing 41 per cent of university academic staff on temporary or casual contracts is wrong to present higher education as having the most casualised workforce outside the catering industry...
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Letter: What a surprise
"The introduction of tuition fees and scrapping of maintenance grants has failed to widen participation" ("Bichard: access plan falling short", THES , April ). Gosh. Anne Layram South Bank, York