Laurie Taylor Column
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Leader: Marks can break degrees impasse
The tripartite review of degree classifications had the smell of failure about it from the start - not because of any shortcomings on the part of Bob Burgess or the members of his scoping group, but...
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Leader: Save Our Specialists
Special cases can be made for a wide variety of causes in higher education - and frequently are. Strategically important science subjects have rightly had theirs recognised this week by the Higher...
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Oxford set to vote on ending self-governance
It is make or break time in the bid to reform the ancient university, and the outcome could also affect life at Cambridge. Claire Sanders reports. The bitter battle over the future of Oxford...
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Shame on OU for ageist policy
The Open University, an institution that quite rightly celebrates the achievements of its older learners, has introduced age discrimination rules. But its response to age discrimination regulations...
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Time for interaction 1
I read Bruce Charlton's article (Opinion, November 2) just after having politely declined a request to place all my lecture notes on Blackboard just because colleagues who teach on the students'...
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Time for interaction 2
My daughter is in the first year of a joint-honours degree at Manchester University studying a modern language and English. Her contact time for English is two hours a week - a lecture and a seminar...
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No freedom lost
In their comments on what lessons might be drawn from the Frank Ellis case, Dennis Hayes and Gargi Bhatta-charyya ("What were the lessons learnt from the case of Frank Ellis?", November 2) are...
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Research realities
Why is it that no one seems prepared to challenge the quantity and quality of research funded in the UK? Bar that done in elite institutions, most research has little impact on the progress of human...
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Uncle Sam still popular
I read the article on 2006 entry figures ("Ucas data give hope to troubled subjects", October ) with some alarm but also some scepticism. While one cannot argue with raw data that show an apparent...
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Pay for part-timers
Diana Green correctly observed ("V-cs urge more state support for cash-strapped part-timers", October ) that the Government "has not moved on from the myth that the only way to study is the full-time...
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Loss of learning
There are several flaws in Dimitra Koutsantoni's letter (November 2). First, I am not an academic in a secure job - I have had part-time, fixed-term jobs since being made redundant. Second, I do...
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Survey is sound
Your article "'Vocal minority' could ruin faculty reputations" (November 2) asserts that just 20 students could make or break the reputation of courses under proposed reforms to the National Student...
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Less rigid regime
Alan Ryan (Columnist, November 2) talks of how students would "suffer atrociously" if lower grades from disadvantaged students were considered equivalent to A grades of the advantaged. But, if we are...
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Aide sought. Robust toes are a must
As Stephen Hawking seeks a new graduate assistant, previous incumbents tell Anna Fazackerley that the job is exhilarating, exasperating and the stuff of killer dinner party stories. Julian Luttrell...