The classic dilemma
The discussions on the state of classics by Peter Jones and Nick Tate (THES, May 19) are the latest addition to the decades-long concern as to whether the subject has a future. But what is the "...
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The speech writer
Lucy Hodges meets Deborah Tannen, the sociolinguist whose studies of how people talk to one another have made her an American household name. Sellotaped to the door of Deborah Tannen's office at...
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Asia to turn Japanese
Universities in Asia are paying a great deal of attention to the people who have made the region's economic revolution possible. These are the wealth-minded national leaders and the businessmen whom...
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Targets moving the wrong way
If at first you don't succeed - you don't succeed." This is the reality of the British system of education and training for many millions of people. The revised National Education and Training...
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Don's Diary
Friday. After reading the most important sections of The THES - the job ads, Laurie Taylor, Antithesis - turn to Don's Diary, only to read yet another academic's account of his voyage abroad to some...
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Exponential growth by degrees
Declining standards and inflation in qualifications to meet Government pressures? On page one (THES, May 26) GNVQ level 4 is to "replace HNDs", then "take over from diplomas". By the fourth column it...
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For the records
May I suggest that in between phrases like "I am looking towards running the library far more as a business unit," Emma Robinson, head of the University of London Library, also notes her "passion for...
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You're bending my arm
Dear Professor Lapping: I am writing to provisionally accept your offer of the job of permanent lecturer in cultural studies at the University of Poppleton. As you are no doubt aware, the upcoming...
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A bid for more forethought
The ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England recently invited all higher education institution to submit bids for projects to extend the teaching year with a third semester. This is not the first...
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Taking a lead in lecturer training
In your report of the Confederation of British Industry conference on National Vocational Qualifications for teachers and lecturers (THES, May 26) you quote Dominic Cadbury's statement to the effect...
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Moral dilemma?
John Bird speculates on the transfer fees frenzy. Eric Cantona transferred from Manchester United to Chelsea for Pounds 5 million. His goals (14) and the points they earned (23) are debited to United...
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Fighters, not militants
I am shocked by your description of students who prefer a decent grant to poverty as "militant" (THES, June 2). After the National Union of Students' executive steered through a ridiculous motion...
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A Venetian venture
The Venetian island of San Servolo, halfway between Venice and the Lido, is to become an international campus for up to nine European and American universities. The 12-acre island boasts a 15th-...
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Island sun, sea, sand and . . . studying
Erasmus students on their year abroad on the island of Reunion are tanned and happy. This French Overseas Department in the Indian Ocean is what one student describes as an "unknown tropical paradise...
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Bonn is blamed for German retreat
The president of Germany's Rectors' Conference, Hans-Uwe Erichsen, has blamed state and federal governments for the country's loss of its international lead in qualifications and research. Addressing...