Leader: Visitors not welcome
The US once had an enviable reputation for welcoming academics and attracting some of the best brains on earth. But it is becoming increasingly clear that this era is coming to an end. A wall is...
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Leader: A fair wind, but not plain sailing
It would be a brave investor who put money into a business that had profit margins of half a per cent. But for English universities, which are recording surpluses of this size, such an outcome should...
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Leader: Visitors not welcome
The US once had an enviable reputation for welcoming academics and attracting some of the best brains on earth. But it is becoming increasingly clear that this era is coming to an end. A wall is...
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Degree in plumbing - why not?
The division between academic and vocational education is increasingly meaningless, if not counterproductive ("Vocation is not just foundation", Leader, THES , January 16). Most university courses,...
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Blakemore was right
Martin Ince (Opinion, THES , January 9) suggested that Colin Blakemore "missed the point when he threatened to quit the Medical Research Council over the honours shenanigans". However, it is Ince who...
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An 'old' chestnut 1
Who is Mark Thompson of Hay Group trying to kid by blaming university pay problems on "traditional" staff attitudes ("Why I", THES , January 16)? Far from "pressing for reform", governments have...
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An 'old' chestnut 2
I see that Oxford colleges are now advertising academic positions to be remunerated on "an age-related scale" (Classified, THES , January 16). At least it is explicit. Isn't it time pay-scale rules...
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Publishing pitfalls 1
Agents are not vital for getting published ("The Myth of Giddens' Porsche", THES , January 16). I have tried five literary agents. None succeeded in placing any of my books. All wasted my time with...
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Publishing pitfalls 2
A youthful Laurie Taylor or similar figure hoping to make their reputation by publishing today would find it considerably harder than in the 1960s. The research assessment exercise has led to a lot...
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Bill of wrongs 1
The extra 10 per cent funding per part-time student heralded for Birkbeck, the Open University and other similar institutions from 2004-05 is a myth ("Grants gamble to save bill", THES , January 9)....
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Bill of wrongs 2
Female graduates earn the same as males with A levels - £22,000-£23,000 aged 30 to 50 years. Male graduates earn about £13,000 more. Females with A levels earn between £10,000 and £12,000. This shows...
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Bill of wrongs 3
Tony Dennis incorrectly implies (Letters, THE S, January 16) that I consider the government's proposed reform of higher education a completion of the "Thatcherite revolution". I was asked ("Blair...
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Coaching for colleges 1
It is untrue that colleges have high rates of quality inspection failure ("High college failure rate places plans for expansion in jeopardy", THES , January 9). The majority of academic reviews of...
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Coaching for colleges 2
Colleges understand the Ofsted inspection system, but senior managers in further education are largely unaware of the effort required for a QAA review. The secret of success is for the teaching staff...
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No gains for 'gang'
Your report on research income growth at Imperial College London, Oxford and Cambridge universities and University College London ("'Gang of four' run away with research lead", THES , January 2) is...