Don't plead poverty
If, as its vice-chancellor Alison Richard claims, Cambridge University is "underfunded for teaching by £24 million a year", what does this say about other institutions ("Cambridge says it needs fees...
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Faith in logic
When scientists use The THES to snipe at religious faith, their arguments often lack logic. Andrew Whitten, reviewing Richard Dawkins' A Devil's Chaplain (Books, THES , November 28), decries the "...
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Culture shock
It is depressing to hear an influential professor claim: "Anything that promotes American culture at the present time must be damaging" ("Poisonous programmes", THES , December 5). Am I damaging my...
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Full debate on BSE
I would like to correct an error in the article "Scientists will test BSE mutation theory" ( THES , December 5). It mentions a recommendation made by Ferguson Smith to genetically screen BSE cases in...
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Old division dies hard
Call me naive for not seeing it before, but your diagonally juxtaposed articles on the debates on fees ("Grants may be key to success", THES , December 5) and research-teaching ("May doubts research...
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Derby lays foundation
Your headline "Derby course plans shelved" (December 5) is misleading. Derby has a successful record with foundation degrees and has a five-year plan to introduce programmes with partner colleges....
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Big history questions: Politics by other means or a cock-up?
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion The word "war" claims a certain dignity to its...
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Why peace is a conjuror's trick
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion. Why do wars begin? The simple answer is they never end...
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'Education was a rumour - you'll think you'll never get in
Where can a former alcoholic with a criminal record get the chance to go to university? Chris Bunting reports on the provisional wing of the widening participation movement Anthony Hall was born into...
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When fear becomes another epidemic
Vaccination has revolutionised public health, so why is it now being viewed with such suspicion? Anna Fazackerley finds out Talk of a global outbreak of a new strain of killer influenza has been...
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Legacy of a witty populist
Alan Ryan remembers the prime mover behind the transformation of the US higher education landscape. Clark Kerr, who died on December 1 aged 92, was the most important figure in the history of public...
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Big history questions: Politics by other means or a cock-up?
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion The word "war" claims a certain dignity to its...
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Why peace is a conjuror's trick
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion. Why do wars begin? The simple answer is they never end...
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'Education was a rumour - you'll think you'll never get in
Where can a former alcoholic with a criminal record get the chance to go to university? Chris Bunting reports on the provisional wing of the widening participation movement Anthony Hall was born into...
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When fear becomes another epidemic
Vaccination has revolutionised public health, so why is it now being viewed with such suspicion? Anna Fazackerley finds out Talk of a global outbreak of a new strain of killer influenza has been...