Give us time to talk
Your article on the increasing importance of press offices and public relations staff at universities raises some interesting implications for academics ("Trust us, we're not academics", August 4). I...
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Offa to give the facts
Offa to give the facts Daryn McCombe's letter (August 11) contains so many statements seemingly destined to become urban myths that it seems appropriate to set the record straight before it is too...
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Getting out of the fix 1
I was interested to read about Edinburgh University moving researchers to permanent contracts ("Edinburgh management and union forge unique alliance..." August 4) as this is something we've been...
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Getting out of the fix 2
You state that University College London is "about to cement a deal that would mean putting all researchers with more than four years' service on permanent contracts". In fact, UCL has been issuing...
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Elementary concern
I am baffled by Tom Franklin's suggestion (Letters, August 11) that "academic freedom must relate to those areas in which the academic is qualified". I am a chartered psychologist but I have...
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Power to the providers
The feature "Is the aim 'asses in classes'?" (August 11) overlooks a number of points. The changes made to the criteria for degree-awarding powers benefit all areas of higher education, not just the...
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Hi-tech and traditional
Portsmouth University, like Aston University, is exploring links with its local radio station to look at the production of broadcast teaching materials that might also be available for MP3 players...
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Hasty bolt down the aisle or a well-considered union?
As soon as commercial interests get a look in, you can kiss goodbye to academic freedom, insists David Healy . Not so, says Robert Jackson - the modern academy needs to reduce its reliance on the...
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$36K for one little word:yes
Stephen Phillips meets the coaches who tip the odds in favour of students with hearts (and wallets) set on the Ivy League. And you thought it was competitive getting into UK universities? As A-level...
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Could you afford to lose £8,000 a year?
A new pay framework is supposed to bring equity to all staff but some say that, as usual, academics have done better than anyone, reports Harriet Swain. Porters could earn more than dons" warned...
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Things hot up as outreach work goes inside
Campus may be empty, but Joe Baden is going into over-drive. For a while Goldsmiths, University of London, is like the Mary Celeste : there's an almost eerie feel to the empty corridors, disrupted...
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Don't shout at the Danes...
... was a tip dished out to Allied troops in Europe during the Second World War. Hilary Footitt explores the loaded issue of adding foreign-language skills to the foot soldier's armoury. It is easy...
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He's not only, but also... Suits him
Olga Wojtas hears the one about the lawyer turned academic who moonlights as a successful comedy writer. None of law lecturer Greg Gordon's students has ever told him directly that they know about...
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Today's news
Students face intense competition for fewer places Tens of thousands of students will face a desperate scramble for university places today as increasingly well-qualified school leavers compete for...
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Science-Poor Schools Turn Out Science Dullards, say UK Business Leaders
Brussels, 16 Aug 2006 Too many young people in the UK are turning their backs on science and technology because of faults in the education system, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has...