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Theology bites yer ankle
"Nobody likes us - and we don't care." That was the fighting response from Professor Gordon Greenwich, the Deputy Head of our Theology Department, to the recent suggestion from "a union source" that...
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In praise of fishing trips
The tyranny of 'the hypothesis' has made science too timid, says Tim Birkhead
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Off Piste: Eggs, egos and economics
Gary Day chews over our fascination with foul-mouthed chefs and scary diet pedants and wonders if their ubiquitous TV presence is a symbol of social harmony or disharmony
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Guest leader: Teamwork for tough times
The economic slowdown calls for strong leadership and new ways of working across boundaries, says Ewart Wooldridge
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...