Limited measures
Having helped compile and use multiple-choice questions for computer-marked assessments with undergraduates for more than 20 years ("Computer marking splits unis", THES, June 4). I feel that well-...
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A student's worth
Neil Kay's claim (Letters, THES, June 4) that the Dearing report's calculation of the rate of return to higher education is fundamentally flawed is itself in error. The purpose of the exercise was to...
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Readers' reactions
Ben Thompson Third-year student in media studies at the University of Westminster. Ben Thompson spells out why many students are fed up with the industrial action of their lecturers. It is an easy...
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Agony aunt
Q) I was recently appointed the first woman head of our department and am already detecting jealousy among some of my male colleagues. What is the best way to handle the problem without alienating my...
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Balkanised reference
Robert C. Hudson was kind to quote me in his review "Balkan and other questions" (THES, June 4), albeit to justify a position that I do not support. I do say there are exceptions to all...
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Kids and careers
Your column and Helen Hague's report ("9.2 per cent of professors are womenI" THES, June 4) replicates information women across the United Kingdom live with each day. We are discriminated against,...
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How to... Spice up life in a big group
WHAT - Kate Exley gives some tips on keeping students amused and focused when lectures are large and hours are long. WHY - So that students can join in activities that help fix new ideas and...
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Emotional statements
The article on Daniel Goleman's popularisation of emotional intelligence ("A time and emotion study", THES, June 4) cannot pass without comment. Goleman's recent book did much to popularise the...
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World hunger not on GM agenda
The biotech industry is desperate to sell the argument that we need genetically modified crops to feed the world ("Seeds of hope, kernels of truth", THES, June 4). I have no doubt that Michael Lipton...
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World hunger not on GM agenda
The claim is that GM technology can increase the total amount of food available. Millions of people are starving, but their starvation is caused not by shortage of food but by poor distribution of it...
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Who can, should pay
The National Union of Students has criticised tuition fees and attacked them as an assault on social justice. This argument hides two questionable assumptions. The first is that a means-tested...
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Mind your English language
Frank Furedi describes how lecturers are coming under pressure to pass students whose grasp of English is less than adequate. Recently, one of my former students, who now lectures in a new university...
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No artistis an island
How can lecturers assess a degree show that is: a) collective and b) full of art by very famous artists? The Leeds 13 give their view. At the time of writing, five of our tutors at the University of...
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In the stare of ravens
A student audience can unnerve the most experienced lecturer. Sean Neill analyses the hidden threats in looks and locations. At Twycross Zoo there used to be (probably still is) a red-faced uakari...
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An anatomist with her fingers on the pulse
Susie Whiten, winner of the 'Higher' Science Teacher of the Year prize awarded by The THES and the Royal Institution, talks to Alison Utley about her work as an anatomist. What makes a teacher...