Healthy distance
Sue Norton's caution against first-name use ("Suitable address", Opinion, 1 November) rests on the correct sense that the classroom is not a democracy, that there is (one hopes) a "knowledge gap"...
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My sentiments exactly
Roger Ottewill and Mary Brown suggest that teachers should continue to teach after retirement ("Life coaching", Letters, 22 November).Their responses to my letter ("Qualified expectations", 8...
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Hold the phone plan
BT now employs less than 50 per cent of the people it did in 1984 when it was privatised. It is worth remembering this when considering useful role models for the future of higher education in this...
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Scaring the spooks away
Christopher Bigsby argues that academia is a prime recruiting ground for espionage ("Smiley's people", Opinion, 22 November). Leaving aside the point that I am not inclined to spy on people, I have...
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Tim Rix, 1934-2012
One of the UK's leading academic publishers has died.Tim Rix was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire on 4 January 1934 and educated at Radley College. After national service in the Royal Navy, he studied...
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Campus round-up
University of BedfordshireTouch of the IrishA course equipping undergraduates studying physical education with the skills needed to become qualified Gaelic football and hurling instructors has been...
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The week in higher education
? A British scientist caught smuggling cocaine in a bid to impress someone he thought was a former Miss Bikini World has been jailed for almost five years, the Daily Mail reported on 21 November....
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From Where I Sit - Money in the pot
When CNN called the election for President Obama surprisingly early in the evening of 6 November, the crowd in Sproul Plaza went wild. There was cheering, dancing, hugging and, yes, a couple of...
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No risk posed by 10 little newbies
GuildHE chief reassures sector as Willetts hails removal of size restrictions. John Morgan reports
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Gold-watch time for 'simplistic' NSS survey?
The National Student Survey should be replaced by a poll asking undergraduates how much they have engaged with their studies and university life, the head of a mission group has said.Speaking at the...
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Staff put on red alert over Bolton's drastic plans to get into the black
Claims that overseas and private ventures may have added to financial woes. John Morgan reports
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Offa and Hefce draft national access strategy
A national strategy on improving university access is set to be published by next autumn.
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No egg on Burns' face, but protest fails to come to boil
NUS march ends amid boos, grumbling and confusion in sodden outfield. John Morgan reports