UK shuns Europe at its own risk
Juliet Lodge understates the UK level of ignorance of, and lack of commitment to, a European higher education area in her analysis of the government white paper (Opinion, THES, May 30). A briefing...
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Apocalyptic visions 1
The report "RAE reform to shut out one in three" ( THES, May 30) presents an apocalyptic vision and names me as its creator. It lists institutions that allegedly would no longer receive research...
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Apocalyptic visions
It is good that Sir Gareth Roberts' research quality assessment is designed to take the element of gambling out of submissions. But it seems inevitable that some departments will lose research money...
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UUK is loud and proud
Alison Wolf mistakenly states that vice-chancellors, through Universities UK, have failed to make clear their views on three issues (Opinion, THES, May 30). UUK has not been afraid to rock the boat,...
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Superfluous standard?
As an English-language specialist, I help students do what Martin Luck ("Give their grammar a fine-tuning", THES, May 23) suggests PhD students should do progressively: organise their writing, touch...
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No to intolerance 1
Refusing to teach British National Party members (Letters, THES, May 30) shows extreme intolerance and brings the very purpose of academia into question. Our purpose is either to teach within the...
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No to intolerance 2
In the course of a career, most teachers will come across students with whom they vehemently disagree. Specialising in ethnicity and nationalism, I have dealt with students here, in South Africa, and...
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Disabled check-up
The National Health Service should not only welcome medics with disabilities, but it should also consider how to support doctors who become disabled during their careers (Soapbox, THES, May 30). From...
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Utility and futility 1
Geoffrey Alderman asserts that a university's purpose is for academics alone to decide and that its taxpayer funding is for politicians and taxpayers to determine (Letters, THES, May 30). This will...
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Utility and futility 2
Charles Clarke should have looked more closely at UK provision in Baltic studies ("'Purist' Clarke states his case", THES, May 30). He would have found the Baltic Research Unit recently set up at the...
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Utility and futility 3
As founder and chairman of Britain's first Baltic Research Unit in 1988, I agree with Clarke that Baltic studies is "a good thing". Shame then that Bradford's recent dispersal of its only 5*...
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Work experiences 1
Academics can blame only themselves if national pay bargaining is in danger (News, THES, May 30). As a Birkbeck staff member for 20-odd years, I was only too aware of progressive relative...
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Work experiences 2
Foundation degrees are filling a gap in the market. But as the gap is so small, is the deciding factor for potential students not curriculum content but the amount of work experience they require?...
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EU scientists break the ice
Brussels, 04 Jun 2003 Scientists working together onboard the ice-breaker, Polarstern, are proving that relations between EU members are reaching new depths. A team of around 150 marine scientists,...
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Science builds a bridge over troubled waters
Brussels, 04 Jun 2003 EU delegates meeting their Moroccan counterparts at the Ministry for Scientific Research in Rabat last week tied the knot on a scientific and technical (S&T) co-...