FE disconnected?
The pairing of further education and libraries is a rather neglected one (Opinion, THES, November 19). The role of libraries "is changing and their importance increasing" and that "the library is the...
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Take us into account
Anthea Rose says the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is "the only professional accountancy body that has its own technician qualification" (Letters, THES, December 3). The Association...
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Benito Blair?
Dennis Kavanagh says that a large staff devoted to media manipulation and focus groups "is normal in the White House (but) is an innovation in the UK" ("Bona fide or Bonaparte", THES, November 26)....
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Greek pathways
Final general examinations in Greece are not similar to GCSEs ("Winds of change in Aegean", THES, November 19). Until recently, there have been four pathways from which to choose. For example, by...
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True indicator is a job at the end
The idea behind university performance indicators about widening participation and drop-out rates (THES, December 3) is welcome. It is the very essence of a modern university that its students and...
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True indicator is a job at the end
University College Northampton is disputing with the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England that "out of 179 mature, full-time, first-degree holders who already possessed a qualification two-...
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Moi University
Four days after Moi University reopened from a month-long closure, students went on the rampage again. Property worth more than Sch5 million (Pounds 40,000) was destroyed. The students set fire to...
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True indicator is a job at the end
The opening paragraph of your front-page story states that "the myth that new universities are better than old at social inclusion was shattered today by the publication of the sector's first...
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Hold the web page
The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California has launched the hard-hitting Online Journalism Review, covering the state of reporting on the web through news stories...
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Mass observation
The European Southern Observatory has just released more than ten gigabytes of observational data, obtained with the first 8.2-m VLT Unit Telescope (ANTU) and the FORS1 and ISAAC astronomical...
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True indicator is a job at the end
Bahram Bekhradnia's figures (Soapbox, December 3) show a striking inverse linear relationship between an A-level points score and the likelihood that a university student will subsequently drop out....
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g spots of bother
Genetic determinism is the new religion, and Rosalind Arden ("g whiz! IQ is a clever concept", THES, December 3) seems determined to be one its apostles. Before people rush to "accept the facts",...
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True indicator is a job at the end
I was surprised the director of policy for the HEFCE should write that "it is clear that our universities have succeeded in maintaining standards" following a comparison with other countries. There...
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House problems
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals is to be evicted from its London pied-a-terre. The University of London, freeholder of the flat that comes with the post of CVCP chairman, has decided...
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Set your sites on Oxford
Fancy setting up your own university? A snappy website is a must and Ascension Island is the place to start. All web addresses registered there end .ac, easy to confuse with .ac.uk as used by British...