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Laurie Taylor Column
"University managers have begun indicating to staff whether their research work is sufficiently widely recognised to be submitted for the 2008 research assessment exercise" - The Times Higher,...
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Leader: Losses that can never be undone
Perhaps we should be neither surprised nor concerned by the closure of so many science and languages departments in our universities or by the "subject deserts" such closures create. Is it not, after...
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Leader: The price of harmony
It is hard to quibble with the £125,000 that the Higher Education Funding Council for England has invested in mediation awareness when one considers that universities are each spending upwards of £...
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Tread lightly or stomp heavily? 1
I am glad that Christopher Bearman (Letters, February 2) states that the "accuracy" and the "quality" of his scholarship on the suffragette movement are issues for debate. But he is incorrect in...
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Tread lightly or stomp heavily? 2
Regarding Christopher Bearman's attack on contemporary feminist scholars of the suffragist movement ("Row erupts over suffragette tale", January 26), certainly anyone has the right to challenge the...
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Private concerns 1
We are not surprised that Andrew Colin of Into University Partnerships is "staggered" at the opposition to his company's plans for language centres ("UCU battles private enterprise", February 2)....
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Private concerns 2
The Times Higher should report on the current differences between the University and College Union and Into University Partnerships, not join the battle. Yet the opening sentence of your report talks...
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Sense at stake
There is a simple answer to the problem of edubabble for anyone using Microsoft Word (Letters, February 2). Download Bullfighter at www.fightthebull.com . It was developed by consultants who felt...
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Guru and Goldsmiths 1
I would like to thank The Times Higher for a well-written piece on Goldsmiths, University of London's investigations into the links between self-styled therapy guru, Derek Gale, and Windy Dryden ("...
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Guru and Goldsmiths 2
The Times Higher 's reporting on "the guru and the psychotherapist" appears to use selective material and innuendo. I have known Windy Dryden for many years and have no reason to doubt his...
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Wrongs of rating
I read that the www.williseemytutor.com website is causing something of a stir in higher education ("Alarm at rating website", January 26). If it actually measured the real contact between qualified...
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Slaves still with us
While we remember the hidden history of the slave trade (Features, February 2), let us acknowledge that the "dark stain" of slavery continues to exist. There are at least 12 million people worldwide...
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Stress the positive
Your report on stress in the university workplace ("UCU set to sue over workload burdens", January 26) paints an inaccurate picture. The article, which was based on a "national" survey with received...
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Love in a consumer climate
Many people dream of a partner for life but bolt when the intoxication of a new affair wanes. As Valentine's Day approaches, Julian Baggini ponders the nature of romantic love Iwas at a wedding...