Sense at stake
There is a simple answer to the problem of edubabble for anyone using Microsoft Word (Letters, February 2). Download Bullfighter at www.fightthebull.com . It was developed by consultants who felt...
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Guru and Goldsmiths 1
I would like to thank The Times Higher for a well-written piece on Goldsmiths, University of London's investigations into the links between self-styled therapy guru, Derek Gale, and Windy Dryden ("...
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Guru and Goldsmiths 2
The Times Higher 's reporting on "the guru and the psychotherapist" appears to use selective material and innuendo. I have known Windy Dryden for many years and have no reason to doubt his...
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Wrongs of rating
I read that the www.williseemytutor.com website is causing something of a stir in higher education ("Alarm at rating website", January 26). If it actually measured the real contact between qualified...
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Slaves still with us
While we remember the hidden history of the slave trade (Features, February 2), let us acknowledge that the "dark stain" of slavery continues to exist. There are at least 12 million people worldwide...
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Stress the positive
Your report on stress in the university workplace ("UCU set to sue over workload burdens", January 26) paints an inaccurate picture. The article, which was based on a "national" survey with received...
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Leader: Losses that can never be undone
Perhaps we should be neither surprised nor concerned by the closure of so many science and languages departments in our universities or by the "subject deserts" such closures create. Is it not, after...
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Leader: The price of harmony
It is hard to quibble with the ?125,000 that the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England has invested in mediation awareness when one considers that universities are each spending upwards of ?...
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London Met 'wasted' ?250K of public funds
Academic union leaders have urged funding chiefs to intervene after claims that London Metropolitan University has "wasted" ?250,000 of public money on fighting and losing an employment appeal...
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Study 'deserts' blight UK
Core science and language subjects are disappearing altogether from some regions, Anthea Lipsett writes. Swaths of the country are at risk of turning into "deserts" in which the study of key academic...
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Today's news
Cuts creating science and languages 'blackspots' Some UK universities cannot offer students courses in key subject areas such as core sciences and modern languages, according to two reports released...
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Latest research news
Human skin is a zoo of bacteria, scientists say The first detailed survey of the microbial "zoo" living on the human body has found far more species than expected, with a significant proportion being...
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Today's news
Students better off despite fees, says research The latest intake of students at English universities will be better off financially than previous generations who did not have to pay the new ?3,000-a...
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