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  1. Joëlle Godard, 1956-2008

    The University of Edinburgh lowered the flags on its main buildings to mark the funeral of comparative law expert Joelle Godard, who died following a sudden illness, aged 51, on 15 June.Colleague...

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  2. Old debate needs new consideration 1

    While I applaud any attempt to put a new spin on an old debate ("Beyond classification", 24 July), I think Kevin Sharpe is wrong.The idea that "without traditional examinations ... students rightly...

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  3. Old debate needs new consideration 2

    So Kevin Sharpe fears that "letters lamenting the ever-increasing proportion of first-class degrees and upper seconds and declining standards have become an annual ritual ... ". My concern is that...

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  4. Old debate needs new consideration 3

    We were pleased to see such a complementary series of articles ("MPs have bone to pick with QAA over standards"; "Honesty is not the best policy"; "Beyond classification"; "No points for learning",...

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  5. Access issue not so simple

    Your survey of opinions on whether widening-participation resources might be better invested earlier in the education system ("Academics split over value of access funding", 24 July) did not include...

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  6. Just deserts

    Referring to the new Glyndwr University, Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan said: "Today is an historic day for North East Wales because it now has the university it deserves" ("Campus round-up", 24...

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  7. Name dropping

    It was gratifying to see two references to the conference I organised on the issue of research funding ("Peer review must be at the heart of REF", 17 July; "Arts experts fear metrics will skew REF",...

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  8. Not an elevating experience

    Many universities built and expanded in the wake of the Robbins report (1963) are now feeling the strain. Of the five lifts that greet the entrant to King's College London from The Strand, none is...

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  9. Out for the count

    Your report on graduate employment perhaps understandably does not challenge the Higher Education Statistics Agency data but simply reiterates the published so-called performance indicators ("Thames...

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  10. Better balance needed

    Our research uncovered a range of responses to the challenges faced by personal tutors and students but the headline on your story reported the extremes of this distribution as if they were the...

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  11. Respect the techs

    I wholeheartedly agree with Sally Feldman that "technicians" in academe should not be belittled and treated as "children" who should "know their place" (Opinion, 17 July). Rather, they should be...

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  12. Different seat on the plane

    Although I did fly 50 combat missions with the 13th Air Force during the Second World War, it was not as a pilot but as a bombardier (Book of the Week, 10 July).Sheldon S. Wolin, Emeritus professor...

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  13. Artistic licence

    The rise of digital and conceptual art, and a declining interest in traditional craft skills, is forcing art departments to reinvent themselves. Hannah Fearn investigates

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  14. Watching the disaffected

    Killings on campus by unstable students have pushed US academe into monitoring problem individuals, scrutinising their mental health for their own and others' safety. Jon Marcus reports

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  15. 31 July 2008

    Painting by numbers - How changing enrolment is forcing art and design courses to reinvent themselves