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  1. Leader: Parents must keep out

    Academics and administrators are still coming to terms with the increased willingness of many parents to intervene in their children's higher education. Previous generations of students were far less...

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  2. Is the writing really on the wall? 1

    It was quite interesting to read the ever-acerbic Frank Furedi on the pitfalls of credentialism and the gushingly futuristic Baroness Greenfield on the anachronism of book learningJin last week's...

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  3. Is the writing really on the wall? 2

    Just how out of touch is Baroness Greenfield to suggest technology may make writing obsolete? Without captions, computer images are little better than animated cave drawings. Thought depends on...

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  4. Not so Merry Met

    I was amazed to see you refer to Roderick Floud, president of London Metropolitan University, as a "champion of the poor" ("Queen's Birthday Honours List", June 17) without mentioning that he has...

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  5. Testing times

    Alison Wolf (Opinion, June 10) clearly indicates why comparisons of test results and educational standards over time are not normally valid. The learning environment is changing with time, and score...

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  6. Biting point

    The report on the growing shortage of clinical academics faced by UK universities (News, June 10) made two highly significant points. The piece noted that the number of dental academics is in...

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  7. Schools for scandal

    Those such as Nigel Probert (Letters, June 17) who talk about "the failure of comprehensive schools" like grammar schools but say nothing about secondary modern schools. The problem with the old...

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  8. Nuts to stereotypes

    In an edition (June 10) that highlighted distrust of scientists and the difficulties of recruiting science undergraduates, the article on laboratory teaching was illustrated with a "nutty professor...

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  9. A lot of hot air

    The article by Godfrey Boyle ("Nukes not necessary", Soapbox, June 10) paints an unrealistic picture of what Britain could achieve by copying Germany in utilising wind power. A study by the...

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  10. Compromising issue

    I was not dismissed by the University of East London and I am not pursuing a claim for unfair dismissal ("Lecturer wins landmark legal case", June 17). I took a routine early retirement offer. Anyone...

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  11. Big Mother is watching you

    'Helicopter parents' are hovering over students and gunning for academics, warn Stephen Phillips and Michael North There was a time when university was about young people moving away from home and...

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  13. How royal titbits kept the newshounds at bay

    As Prince William graduates from St Andrews, Olga Wojtas reflects on the media storm that wasn't - unless you count an embarrassing uncle. For four years, St Andrews University has refused to comment...

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  14. Campus curiosities

    If Edinburgh University postgraduate Piers Sellers had had his way, the remains of an ancient pair of trousers, reputedly once worn by the 16th-century Calvinist firebrand John Knox, would be...

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