Part-time move merits praise
Let's get some perspective. For decades, anyone seriously concerned with more equitable access to higher education will have had two items at the top of their agenda: more places, and a system of...
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Eye of the beholder
Stuart Hay's zealous defence of publishers is just a trifle disingenuous about the status of authors ("A hard-nosed publisher writesI", THES, February 19). I wrote my first book in the mid-1970s and...
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Copyright clampdown
There is a lot of copyright in a video. People writing, music-making and saying original things. There is intellectual property everywhere you look. And now, just as it is getting practical to stream...
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No Jewish book ban
This university does not place restrictions on our staff (or those in partner colleges) as to the books and articles they may recommend ("QAA slates ban on Jewish books", THES, February 19). We do...
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Nurturing doubts
In Michael Rutter's review (THES, January 22), my book was called The Nature Assumption. The actual title is The Nurture Assumption. It is a small difference but an important one, because Professor...
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Elitism attacked
As the debate about "dumbing down" develops, it is worthwhile adding a challenge to the received orthodoxy underlying this concern. First, concern about differing academic standards has been around...
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Western misfitism
Ray Monk ("Woodstock of the mind", THES, February 12) is probably right that description of consciousness rather than a science of it will meet the "craving" (what a Buddhist word) for understanding...
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Credit conundrum
If I write a journal paper with a colleague in my department, we will get half the research assessment exercise credit each. If I write a paper with a colleague from another department or university...
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Women's woes
How can women succeed when your images of them are painted to fit the stereotype ("These women have had so many breaks...", THES, February 12). You edited out the fact that the underachieving "me"...
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Why I
I am standing for election to the Welsh Assembly even though I campaigned against devolution for Wales The facts have changed. I campaigned against the Welsh Assembly being set up but now it is going...
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How to keep ahead of the herd
England is the world leader in agricultural research but how much longer will it last? asks Peter Kettlewell A study of the international impact of research in different countries was recently...
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Culture of subterfuge
The North Staffordshire baby deaths highlight the need for more support for medical ethics committees, says Richard Nicholson "Babies twice as likely to be brain-damaged by experimental ventilator"...
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CVCP backs off college takeover
Plans to transform the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals into a nationwide body representing all higher education institutions have been shelved, writes Tony Tysome. A working groupset up...
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FE leapfrogs wannabe unis
Further education colleges could apply for degree-awarding powers under new regulations being considered by the government. The Quality Assurance Agency, which has drafted the proposed regulations...
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Don's Diary
Monday The Kosovo tragedy is a stark reminder of the human cost of civil war in the Balkans, so it is a privilege to play a small role in the Bosnian reconstruction. Since 1995 the Organisation for...