Be wary of the Ides of March
It is one of the most notorious predictions in history, yet a new study challenges the tradition that Julius Caesar was give a month's notice to "Beware the Ides of March". Analysis of contemporary...
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Make students mark
When students assess one another's practical work, they gain insight into the material while staff gain time, argues Ian Hughes. Practical work is a key part of degree courses in biological sciences...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES ... Maurice Saatchi argued for a reduction in taxation. Perhaps Maurice Saatchi would be well advised to talk to his Conservative colleague David Willetts, who, among others,...
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Agony Aunt
Q) There is always so much to be done at work - lecturing, researching, travelling to conferences. How can I fit it all in? A) Be strategic, sit down and look at your key roles and responsibilities....
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times The British government is to spend £30m preparing the National Health Service for the "genetics revolution" and a further £10m setting up four "knowledge parks" that will bring...
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Latest international news
Australia's aboriginal intake drops Australia’s vice-chancellors are to seek talks with federal education minister David Kemp after statistics revealed a fall of more than 15 per cent in...
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Latest UK news
Former parliamentary speaker honoured with statue A bronze sculpture of Betty Boothroyd, former speaker of the House of Commons, is to be unveiled at the Open University tonight. It will form part of...
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Visits to the European University Inst. Library, Florence
Deadline: 22/02/2002
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Laurie Taylor Column
UNIVERSITY OF POPPLETON From: The Office of the Vice-Chancellor As you will be aware from the emails that have emanated from this office in recent weeks, our Open Day will be held this year on...
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Letter: Hiding under Bush
It is easy to react to President Bush's apparent rejection of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change with claims of "irresponsible" and "pariah" ("Bush's Kyoto stance angers UK scientists, THES , April...
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Letter: Volunteering
The debate about graduate employability rates ("UK degrees top tickets to jobs market", THES , April 6) reflects the need for greater understanding of what makes a graduate employable. Volunteering...
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Letter: Bridging history
My heart sinks when history students tell me they have already studied this, that or the other. Indeed, we design first-year courses to minimise the overlap, thus accentuating the "knowledge gap",...
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Letter: Use the library record
Local library cooperation is again on the agenda (Letters, THES , April 13). In 1972-73 I led a Department of Education and Science-sponsored research project into local library cooperation in...
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Letter: QAA: a lesson in losing friends (1)
David Blunkett has effectively told the Quality Assurance Agency to pack up its scheme for reviewing standards in higher education before it has begun (News, Letters, THES , April 6). The root of the...
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Letter: QAA: a lesson in losing friends (2)
Surely there are better ways of improving teaching and learning than by creating an unwieldy centralised bureaucracy (the TQA) with a fuzzy mission that cost £100 million ("Worthy project or just a...