Objects of desire struggle to unite
Design and the Decorative Arts, Britain 1500-1900
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Spare a thought for your toaster
Designing the 21st Century
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel about two itinerant farm labourers: "A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in...
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Dye cast when first tooth falls
Textiles from Guatemala - Miao Textiles from China - Printed and Dyed Textiles from Africa - Embroidery from India and Pakistan
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Swathed, slashed and pleated - wrapping up the fashion industry
Radical Fashion - The Fashion Book, Mini Edition - Fashion Today - Visionaries
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'Get a life' is first rule of animation
The Animator's Survival Kit
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Out with the old, in with the... old
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Laurie Taylor column
Why not make a career in the burgeoning world of university administration? - Headline in careers pamphlet. Morning, Maureen. Any news from the bursar about that mistake in the departmental grant? He...
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Letter: Young zealots give little hope
I read Claire Sanders's report of the Academia 2010: Views from the Next Generation conference last year with mounting gloom ("A gravitation towards the mediocre?", THES , January 4). It is...
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Letter: Free within limits 1
You commend the idea of a "Filkin for universities" (For the record, THES , January 4) raised during the Association of University Teachers' leadership election. This idea arises in part from the...
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Letter: Free within limits 2
When I appealed against my degree result years ago, the procedure involved sending a letter to the dean, who considered the matter in secret. I was upset as the dean was a maths professor and I was...
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Letter: Reason to be prudent 1
I was interested in H. C. S Ferguson's reference (Letters, THES , January 4) to the normal retirement age for the Teachers Superannuation Scheme as 60. The concept of "normal retirement age" is...
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Letter: Reason to be prudent 2
The Association of University Teachers is still consulting on the merits of accrual proposals for the Universities Superannuation Scheme. It is unlikely, however, to accept the implication of H. C. S...
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Letter: Infinite grade area
The committee that decides on overseas research students' awards has announced that from this year it will not just be grading the applicants. It will also introduce a grading system based on its...