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  1. Kudos for tackling the taboo research totem 1

    I was surprised that John Haldane's lecture on the relative importance of teaching against research received no support in last week's Letters pages ("Teaching is the highest purpose, argues thinker...

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  2. Kudos for tackling the taboo research totem 2

    The scale and implications of the changes under way in higher education do not seem to have fully registered with the academy. In many universities, the situation at the chalk face, or rather the...

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  3. Centres must hold 1

    Outstanding teaching is needed if UK universities are to compete in a global market. League tables and the National Student Survey have drawn attention to learning and teaching and helped to create...

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  4. Centres must hold 2

    Gloom about the Centres of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs) must be seen in light of their contribution to their subject areas.The Higher Education Funding Council for England's review of...

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  5. Podcast potential

    It was disappointing to see another story with a limited appreciation of the educational and pedagogic uses of podcasting ("Podcasts: enhancing or replacing normal lectures", 25 February). The...

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  6. Defend Black History Month

    We write to protest the slashing of funds for Black History Month by the London Mayor. In 2009, Boris Johnson praised BHM for its vital work in educating people about the "historical role and the...

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  7. Please attend carefully

    I was surprised to see poor attendance and the associated failures in assessment being offered as reasons to restrict access to higher education ("Wise up to the naked truth", 25 February). This...

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  8. Local pay for local people? 1

    I am not surprised by the questions raised by your article "Pressure grows on national bargaining" (25 February). Many of us in human resources have been warning about this for many years: during the...

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  9. Local pay for local people? 2

    Why are some vice-chancellors turning their backs on national bargaining? Following a derisory pay "settlement", we see that London South Bank University may withhold the 0.5 per cent increase. In...

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  10. Part-time no easy option

    As someone whose formal higher education was entirely part-time, I'm sure that Lord Mandelson's enthusiasm for the part-time option is founded more on economic expediency than his own student...

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  11. Thorny old Rose

    Asking Steven Rose to review a book on evolutionary anthropology is about as likely to deliver balance as sending Richard Dawkins a theology primer ("What's in a number?" 25 February). It makes...

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  12. Traduction cordiale

    I have two memories of delightful English-French translation ("Words with no meaning", 18 February). One was in an article based on a conference paper, where I had quoted Mary Evans' term, "...

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  13. Audit overload

    Bureaucracy is an inescapable fact of life in today's academy. John Morgan unravels the true extent and consequences of red tape

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  14. It's now or never

    British universities' inexorable loss of autonomy will soon reach the point of no return unless all institutions work together to win real public support for their sector, says Nigel Thrift

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  15. 4 March 2010

    The red peril - What bureaucracy really costs the academy