Nordic belt challenges big three
As more students travel abroad to study, their destinations are becoming less predictable, reports David Jobbins The collapse of last week's trade talks in Cancun seems unlikely to halt higher...
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If the Prozac doesn't work...
...don't lose hope. A new generation of tailor-made antidepressants is being developed using cutting-edge genetics, writes Samuel Barondes Philip became severely depressed after losing his girlfriend...
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Big Qs in History: Too little wind, too much hot air
How does geography affect events? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto argues that we can't make sense of human history without considering its contexts, such as climates and our animal nature By the standards...
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My summr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2NY 2C my bro, his GF &
In submitting this in an essay on how she spent her holidays, a teenager sparked a furore about literacy. But does texting really harm language and learning? asks Michael North The text in the...
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Is this written in text or just bad spelling?
Schoolchildren are not the only ones to use text in essays. As Jason Garner testifies, students often resort to finishing their exams with it - bad news for the old farts who must mark them Essay...
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Abertay's digital daring keeps it on top of game
Kicking off a series on how concentration of funding threatens innovative research, Olga Wojtas reports on a world-class Scottish entrepreneurial computer software unit "Ever wondered what would...
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No grey areas in a green's world
Some researchers fear that the environmental lobby is turning away from scientific balance to push an anti-capitalist agenda by 'scaring the hell out' of people. Chris Bunting investigates Stephen...
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Erroneous exercises 2
I am not surprised at the correlation between research assessment exercise and Quality Assurance Agency scores. A department with above-average research funding is likely to have relatively more "...
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Feuding won't solve FE dilemma 1
While I am sympathetic to further education principals' frustration that universities might hijack foundation degrees rather than work in partnership ("FE chiefs air alarm over new degrees", THES ,...
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Feuding won't solve FE dilemma 2
Further education colleges are right to be concerned that higher education institutions will go it alone on foundation degrees. The Hefce consultation on teaching funding proposes that foundation...
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Just conclusion 1
Sir Harry Kroto believes the war against Iraq was illegal (Opinion, THES , September 12). This judgement is highly disputed among specialists in international law. Experts disagree, as did the...
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Just conclusion 2
Sir Harry Kroto is clearly against action that removed from power a tyrant who murdered, raped and mutilated thousands of his own people. Kroto claims to "espouse free thinking and have no mystical...
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Just conclusion 3
I was astonished by Sir Harry Kroto's view of Tony Blair and Iraq. Now we have the solution to the dilemmas of modern statecraft: listen to reasonable people. I am sure the prime minister is kicking...
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Erroneous exercises 1
Why do we persist with the expensive, time-consuming and blunt instrument of the research assessment exercise in subjects that have research councils ("Break up RAE scam", THES , September 12)? When...
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Postdoc blues
How disappointing that you call postdoctoral researchers "students" ("Get a life? Not with our hours", THES , August 22). They are highly qualified professionals, many world experts in their fields....