Medievalism and Mr Clarke 2
As one of Charles Clarke's constituents in Norwich South and secretary of the Philosophical Society at the University of East Anglia, I would like to invite the education secretary here to speak for...
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Medievalism and Mr Clarke 3
Charles Clarke wants the state to pay only for subjects of clear usefulness. If only there were a foolproof criterion for identification. G. H. Hardy, the mathematician who laid the foundation for...
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Medievalism and Mr Clarke 4
It is odd to find a supposedly progressive secretary of state for education mouthing the Gradgrindian views of Herbert Spencer. Spencer who, like Charles Clarke, thought that useful and economically...
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Medievalism and Mr Clarke 5
Charles Clarke appears to believe that the subject of a degree needs to be directly relevant to any subsequent employment. I wonder if he would care to comment on why the prime minister has appointed...
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Medievalism and Mr Clarke 6
The Czechoslovakian communist government before 1989 was strongly anti-intellectual and had reservations about subjects that could not be turned to the benefit of the proletariat. In the 1950s, a...
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Medievalism and Mr Clarke 7
As Charles Clarke asked, we have now tested the Bangor medievalists. We know them to be useful and believe them to be beautiful. Ceri Sullivan University of Wales Bangor
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RAE sidelined 1
We would like to express our support for the letter from the chairs of research assessment panels ( THES, May 2). We would endorse their concern that the Department for Education and Skills and the...
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RAE sidelined 2
Of course the chairs of the RAE panels object to the new, higher grades. International recognition is the logical limit for any sane person. What is there beyond it? Intergalactic reputation? Maureen...
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Another world
I am not surprised to read how different Stuart Murray finds life in higher education compared with further education ("Are you ready for a flexible friend", THES, March 21). Like him, I went to work...
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Useful art
In your report on the 25th anniversary of the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts ("Show your art, institutions told", THES, May 9), it was wrongly claimed that the University of East Anglia offers...
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Unenjoyable sex
I was interested by Linda Vergnani's article on nymphomania ("'Uterine fury' - now sold in chemists", THES, May 9). However, the clinical literature on nymphomania indicates that, contrary to popular...
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Playthings of a higher mind
The future’s not always bright. Nick Bostrom argues it is possible that we are just simulations, and Adrian Mourby surveys changing dystopian landscapes
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UK company selected to help develop the world's first manned fuel cell plane
Brussels, 14 May 2003 Boeing, the US aerospace giant, is to build the world's first hydrogen powered aeroplane for manned flight, and has selected a UK company, Intelligent Energy, to develop the...
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Life Sciences and Biotechnology - a Strategy for Europe: Progress Report and Future Orientations (Extracted from: Provisional Minutes of the 13 May Competitiveness Council)
Brussels, 14 May 2003 The Council took note of information given by Commissioner Liikanen in his introduction to the Commission's communication "Life sciences and biotechnology - a strategy for...
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Investing in Research: An Action Plan for Europe (Extracted from: Provisional Minutes of the 13 May Competitiveness Council)
Brussels, 14 May 2003 Following a brief presentation by Commissioner Busquin of the Communication "Investing in Research: An Action Plan for Europe ("3% Target")", the Council held a preliminary...