Agony Aunt
My students seem reluctant to return their feedback forms at the end of term. How can I persuade them of the importance when I am not sure of it myself? Lee Harvey, Director of the Centre for...
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University shall speak peace unto all the world
The United Nations has declared 2000 the International Year for the Culture of Peace. Ole Mjos examines the universities' role In the past 20 years the world has experienced a shift from cold war and...
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Readers' reactions
Last month in The THES...... Kenneth Baker argued that universities must be allowed to charge some students more than others. The evidence is already gathering of the effect of the introduction of...
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Irrational debates
A libel trial involving Holocaust scholars has thrown up thorny issues, argues Anne Sebba Few issues have academics so divided that the altercations end up in court. The Holocaust is the exception....
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Where have I seen that before?
Scotland has given us fine new proposals for student fees - even if they do echo a 1997 report, says Joan Stringer If looking at the Cubie report gave you a sense of deja vu, you are not alone. There...
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Cancer method will buy time
A radical technique for treating bladder cancer, pioneered by scientists at Ulster University, is beginning clinical tests in two hospitals, writes Olga Wojtas. Surgeons at Altnagelvin Hospital in...
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Vitiligo: distress of avoidance
Many people with disfiguring diseases hide from society and eschew relationships for fear of rejection and criticism, writes Steve Farrar. The extent of emotional distress endured by people with one...
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Peek at shark's private life
Scientists have gained a glimpse of the private life of one of nature's most feared creatures - the great white shark, writes Harriet Swain. A 3 metre female was fitted with a computerised tag that...
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Stars shine light on universe age
Light from four of the oldest stars in our Milky Way galaxy has been analysed in unprecedented detail, writes Steve Farrar. Astronomers hope their results will help place a more accurate lower limit...
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How To...Hold a tutorial in cyberspace
WHAT: Lyceum is a visual and sound software package for lecturers teaching online. WHY: tudents worldwide are able to tune in at any time, writes Steven Albert. HOW: The word lyceum conjures up...
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Star Turn
How do you make Colonel Blimp's contribution to the war relevant to an audience of school-leavers from Bradford? Alison Utley discovers an academic who does the trick. Our setting is unusual,...
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Like minds meet in the gutter
When Adrian Mourby asks creative writing students to submit a screenplay he finds a trendy obsession with sex, drugs and violence, but no originality I have never believed that one can teach creative...
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Cambridge says 'cull' was road to stability
Cambridge University spent Pounds 10 million on a "staff cull" last year, shedding 156 people through early retirement and saving potentially Pounds 2.5 million a year. Many remaining staff face an "...
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Cabinet's mini-skirt mania
Keith Gibbins looks back on his 15 minutes of fame with affection and amusement. Papers released under the 30-year rule last week show that his "mini-skirt project" prompted serious concern in...
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Eco archive bequest dubbed a 'snub' to US
Italy's superstar semiologist Umberto Eco has left one of his early manuscripts, a translation of Raymond Queneau in long-hand, to the manuscripts archive of the University of Pavia, Italy's most...