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I and many other academics have followed the debate concerning fixed-term contracts with bemusement verging on hysteria ("Changes to work law begin to bite", March 9). The idea that universities have...
I and many other academics have followed the debate concerning fixed-term contracts with bemusement verging on hysteria ("Changes to work law begin to bite", March 9). The idea that universities have...
Further to articles on universities moving to reduce the number of fixed-term research contracts, I am writing with hope that this approach will be followed by Luton University (now Bedfordshire...
If there is an award for imaginative reporting and perverse interpretation, I should like to nominate The Times Higher for the article "Scotland slams QAA's methods" (March 9). It refers to a report...
"To challenge a tutor is brave act" ran the headline on your letters page last week (March 9). So is blowing yourself up, but the people are still self-righteous fanatics. The harassment of David...
You report that Russell Group universities are increasingly becoming the major providers of single honours language programmes ("Study deserts blight UK", February 9), and this is a likely...
There has been a great deal of discussion on the content and importance of research degree programmes. But since a "snapshot of work" has revealed that they are "particularly good in transferable...
I turned eagerly to Vernon Bogdanor's review of The Nations of Britain by Christopher Bryant (Books, March 9), hoping at last to read something about Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in a...
"EU mulls open-source edict" (March 2) contains significant misuse of terminology. "Open source" means software where the source code is available for inspection, amendment and recompilation. "Open...
I am concerned that some misconceptions may be leading the Government to overlook a source of clean energy with great potential for the UK and the rest of Europe. I refer to concentrating solar power...
"Philosophy through the prism of literature", as Martin Amis has it in your profile ("Succeeded as a writer, now time for plan B", February 23), isn't enough for creativity and telling perceptive...
Deadline: 04/05/2007
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Student misconduct and incivility can make campus life a misery. We must all help halt it, says Deborah Lee "Students have walked past the front of my house shouting at me.. I don't like the idea of...
Do you fancy an Ann Summers party, in term time, with a little help from the taxpayer? Dream on, obviously, for the men; but for the rest of us, it seems, you just need to pick the right university....