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The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century
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First Impressions
WIN SIX BOTTLES OF WINE This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from the first great English novel about the class war: "The house was named 'The...
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Old maids on bikes and bollocks on stilts
History in Quotations
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It's bad, but can it be banned?
War No More
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Shooter who found focus under tyrant
Marc Riboud
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Over at Bill's I bumped into DalÃ
A Sweeper-Up after Artists
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Laurie Taylor column
V-cs buy into idea idea of building the brand. Times Higher , July 23. Good morning. I'm Mike Stance, Poppleton's new marketing director. There it is in PowerPoint. MIKE STANCE. Today I'm going to...
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Leader: Parents should cut apron strings
Parents and professors agree that going to university is one of the most significant events in a young person's life. But our survey marking the start of our series on university admissions...
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Leader: Grants for the few
The British Academy's task is to recognise excellence in the arts and humanities, and to enhance their role in national life. It should be straightforward - the "creative industries" are universally...
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Elite or not, they need a union
Bruce Charlton and Peter Andras's article "Why top academics need personal agents, not a mass trade union" (Why I..., July 23) is a curious piece. They begin with an exaggerated description of the...
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Schools not at fault 1
More than half of vice-chancellors think first-year students lack the necessary skills to study for a degree, according to your article "Students 'lack basics'" (July 16). The blame, however, does...
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Schools not at fault 2
It isn't only numeracy that first-year undergraduates lack. Literacy is also a serious problem, and so is ever-declining subject knowledge (history is a case in point). Clearly, these deficiencies...
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No pressure to fiddle 1
It is not the case, in my experience, that examination boards "fiddle marks" ("Pass rates are all about the cash", Letters, July 16). Mark adjustment goes on for a variety of valid reasons such as...
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No pressure to fiddle 2
Your correspondent makes allegations that, if they are true, reflect badly on his/her practice as an examiner and bring universities in general into disrepute. Why does your correspondent hide his/...