Morality play for our times
THE nannying tendencies of our times are becoming ever more apparent. Education and employment secretary David Blunkett has been pursing his lips over the naughty language in the Royal Court Theatre'...
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I was an evil drugs dealer
Universities must stop brushing the drugs issue under the carpet and start giving advice on minimising the harm associated with their use, argues Andrew Lockley I chose my university and course for...
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Computers as teachers would ease shortage
John Howson has some radical solutions for the decline in applications to teacher training TEACHER training faces a crisis. Applications for most courses are still below the levels of this time last...
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No facts...no surprise
Knowing nothing about BSE, I find that I have to rely on the expertise of microbiologists such as Professor Lacey. I am puzzled, however, by his article, "Science has failed to deliver the facts" (...
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Fuller figures
I was concerned to see our institution named as one of the bottom five ("Best and worst work wise", THES, March 20) and feel your graph was most misleading. Many of our graduates are in art and...
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Excellence unfunded
Your report (THES, March 20) indicating that "strong teaching institutions have come out on top in the Welsh funding allocations" requires some clarification. The last published data on teaching...
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Relative points
We were grateful to Jeremy Bernstein for his kind words about our book, Einstein's Mirror (THES, March 13), but we would like to correct a couple of points that he raised in his review. Both concern...
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Poor style counsel
The concern expressed by many tutors over "masculine" writing styles ("Thinking like a man is good for girls", THES, March 13) is not that their "originality" should be less valued, but rather that...
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Let market set the rate
Once again we have seen a derisory pay offer to academics and research staff within our universities. And once again we have heard the standard outdated rhetoric of the Association of University...
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Remains of history
I am writing following Cressida Fforde's article "Old bones of contention" (THES, March 13). The Natural History Museum has within its collections items from human remains, the majority of which are...
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Deliver us from quality police
The latest wheeze from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education is, as the Financial Times reported recently, to create "an elite corps of highly trained and well-paid examinersI as part of...
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Deliver us from quality police
In its consultation document on the future of the national quality assurance system, the Quality Assurance Agency makes the constitutional position of external examiners transparent. For this it...
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An open letter to David Melville
Dear David, Soon after your appointment as chief executive of the Further Education Funding Council, we discussed university/college relationships. You expressed your belief in the identity and...
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Don's diary
Wednesday Film crews live in an en suite world ... and there is nothing en suite about Derwent Bridge bunkhouse. It is an apt end to a frustrating day. We had hoped to shoot a scene at a rather...
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Puzzle to set brains whirring
HOW could we manage without the future? What would happen to the thriving community of prognosticators and scenario spinners? Policy gurus and politicians thrive on the future, journalists are at...