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  1. Hands-off, turn-off?

    Your coverage of the Roberts report's finding that there is a looming shortage of high-level maths, physics, chemistry and engineering skills in this country ( THES , April 19) rightly emphasises the...

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  2. In brief 1

    I too was surprised to read Kenneth Cardwell's article "Try teaching democracy in an occupied territory" ( THES , April 12). I was less surprised to read Professor Ruben's letter (April 19). Articles...

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  3. In brief 2

    Bill McGuire, in his review of Edward Bryant's Tsunami ( THES , April 19), writes that "tsunami" is a Japanese word derived from "tsun", for harbour, and "ami", for wave. But "nami" is Japanese for...

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  4. In brief 3

    Will Light ( THES , April 19) set out to illustrate his institutional merger ideas using Go. British Airways started Go as a semi-detached business in 1998. In 2000, BA decided to sell Go, stating...

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  5. In brief 4

    The article on the budget ("Extra money, but..." THES , April 19) omits a small change that could further transform charitable support for education. The chancellor extended tax relief on gifts of...

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  6. Gradgrind College? 1

    As usual, Luton University's managers blame everyone but themselves for their institution's problems ("Luton - a cut both ways" THES , April 19). In fact, they were responsible for the failure to...

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  7. Gradgrind College? 2

    As one of the academics made redundant by the University of Luton last year and a signatory to the letter mentioned in the article on Luton, I have a simple question for the its management team. How...

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  8. Gradgrind College? 3

    The briefest of examinations of the THES archive indicates that Middlesex University has suffered management failure for some years. Reports of a significant funding deficit and the prospect of up to...

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  9. NUS opposes tax 1

    The article on the National Union of Students presidential election ("NUS reins regained by Labour", THES , April 19), suggested that the NUS has no clear policy on proposals for the introduction of...

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  10. NUS opposes tax 2

    In your article on the election of the new NUS president, you write of a student movement split over the issue of a graduate tax. We are a student movement here to represent 3 million students...

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  11. Free Welsh voices to sing

    For too long Welsh and Anglo-Welsh writing has been dismissed. Stephen Logan says it is time for a reappraisal. Like many, I am dismayed by the readiness with which those who defend the distinctive...

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  12. Is an eager UK academy able to take on the world?

    There's still a long way to go before UK academia can truly call itself international, says Robin Middlehurst Academics, institutional heads and government officials would probably argue that UK...

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  13. A hard sell for easy money

    Singapore's dearth of universities has allowed unscrupulous providers, often backed by overseas institutions, to fill the gap, says one whistleblower. The other week I received an interesting...

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  14. Biology's unedited crusader

    Stephen Jay Gould stakes his claim to scientific greatness in his latest work. But, Mandy Garner writes, Gould's big idea may well have been superseded by other theories. Once upon a time," says...

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  15. Findings: Virtual reality gets new level

    Virtual ghosts have been unleashed in the machine by a team of computer scientists at Nottingham University, writes Steve Farrar. The scientists have developed a way to mix past and present action...

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