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Laurie Taylor column
Why not make a career in the burgeoning world of university administration? - Headline in careers pamphlet. Morning, Maureen. Any news from the bursar about that mistake in the departmental grant? He...
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Letter: Young zealots give little hope
I read Claire Sanders's report of the Academia 2010: Views from the Next Generation conference last year with mounting gloom ("A gravitation towards the mediocre?", THES , January 4). It is...
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Letter: Free within limits 1
You commend the idea of a "Filkin for universities" (For the record, THES , January 4) raised during the Association of University Teachers' leadership election. This idea arises in part from the...
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Letter: Free within limits 2
When I appealed against my degree result years ago, the procedure involved sending a letter to the dean, who considered the matter in secret. I was upset as the dean was a maths professor and I was...
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Letter: Reason to be prudent 1
I was interested in H. C. S Ferguson's reference (Letters, THES , January 4) to the normal retirement age for the Teachers Superannuation Scheme as 60. The concept of "normal retirement age" is...
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Letter: Reason to be prudent 2
The Association of University Teachers is still consulting on the merits of accrual proposals for the Universities Superannuation Scheme. It is unlikely, however, to accept the implication of H. C. S...
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Letter: Infinite grade area
The committee that decides on overseas research students' awards has announced that from this year it will not just be grading the applicants. It will also introduce a grading system based on its...
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Letter: No China crisis
Phil Baty's interpretation of the Quality Assurance Agency report on the University of Wales College, Newport's collaborative links with China is different from mine ("QAA wary of China ambitions",...
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Letter: Turner bookkeeping
Little more than two years ago, The THES published my letter on sales of books identical to those in the Turner Collection, which the University of Keele secretly sold in the summer of 1998 for £1...
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Letter: In brief 1
Thank heavens Adrian Mourby has disabused us of the notion that Indiana Jones portrays the archaeological profession ("If only quality assurance were this sexy", THES , January 4.) Everyone knows...
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Letter: In brief 2
I note that funds are available for research into bioterrorism ("Researchers join war on terror", THES , January 4). Are there also funds to investigate the roots of terrorism or solutions to the...
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Leader: Strong foundation can be built upon licences
We should indeed, as Richard ffrench-Constant suggests (see "UK risks patent foul-up"), be learning from Warf, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The first lesson is that we have a lot of...
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Leader: Welsh backers of federal case must get in gear
Wales's federal university is under attack on two fronts. Members of the National Assembly are sceptical about the federal structure, regarding it as expensive and counterproductive, while Cardiff...