A double PRP scam
A small, but important, correction to the report of the Association of University Teachers' council. The motion condemning "PRP" expressed unequivocal opposition to profit-related pay, not...
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Federalism: the success stories
In his "Here's Looking at EU" (THES, May 24) Eurosceptic Martin Holmes inadvertently makes the case for great federal success stories that he fails to identify. When he acknowledges that federation...
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A good cause force-fed by militants
The extreme actions of suffragettes not only delayed votes for women, they also permanently tainted the movement with violence, argues Brian Harrison Forcible feeding seemed "like hell with the lid...
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Melville muzzled deputy
David Melville, chief executive-designate of the Further Education Funding Council and a declared opponent of "gagging clauses", himself imposed confidentiality clauses on his departing deputy at...
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Court bans college hours increase
A Scottish Court of Session judge has declared unlawful a bid by Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen, to increase the working hours of new staff. The Educational Institute of Scotland, which...
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Smith's crisp ads
Marketing and communication studies students at Glasgow Caledonian University, charged with thinking up an advertising campaign for local booksellers John Smith & Son, have come up with the...
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Photo row hits RCA
A bitter dispute at the Royal College of Art prompted disruption of its photography show this week. Last month six out of 11 students on the master of arts in photography course were either referred...
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Dons see red over green belt
A green lobby led by top Cambridge dons could next week scupper plans for a new Cambridge college. The dons want the university to reverse its decision to build on ancient meadows on the city's...
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Picture quality control
(Photograph) - Picture quality control: Royal College of Art photography students boycotted the opening of their graduation exhibition this week to protest against RCA marking procedures. Full story...
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Scots aim to find what's in a name
Dunshelt or Dunshalt? The small Fife village confusingly boasts both spellings in its road signs. The second spelling has emerged from the belief that the name comes from "Danes' Halt", the place...
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Germany accused of wasting money on dropouts
Politicians and education officials have rejected a claim that a quarter of spending in universities and colleges is a wasted investment in dropouts. Detlef Muller-Boling, head of a higher education...
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The right to say right things
The attack (Letters, THES, May 24) on David Marsland's new book and his accompanying article (THES, May 17) was all too predictable. I have a simple question to put to one of his assailants, Marsland...
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Controls on the traffic of ideas
Martin Harris and John Howells take issue with Douglas Hague's warning that the information superhighway may bypass universities Douglas Hague's "Knowledge goes out to market" ( THES, May 24) offers...
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Plastic peril
Scientists probing hormone-disrupting chemicals say politicians should not wait until it is too late to act. Robert Allen reports. As health workers, mothers and baby milk manufacturers debate the...
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Campus strife: The University of Durban-Westville
(Photograph) - Campus strife: The University of Durban-Westville is closed following two weeks of violent protest. The university is the focus of a struggle for control of post-school education...