Skewing the evidence 1
No reasonable person can defend ignorant or intemperate denunciations or harassment of other scholars, be they pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian ("Forget reds under the bed, there's Arabs in the attic...
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Skewing the evidence 3
Roger Ballard's attack on Terry Eagleton and Daniel Pipes (Letters, THES , October 17) was a rant. The letter is a perfect example of the anticolonial mindset. It confidently takes the moral high...
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Accidental funding 2
Hefce did not unveil any proposals on teaching funding last week as you report ("V-cs pan Hefce bid to redirect funding", THES , October 17), nor does it have plans to force nearly 50 universities to...
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Unbalanced support
Bruce Yardley ("Don't lose MSc magic", THES , October 17) correctly emphasises the importance of vocational masters degrees for young professionals. But he is wide of the mark in his economic...
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Asuitable first move 1
Where is the evidence that widening participation and a slowdown in vacancies will push more graduates into low-paid administrative or other casual work ("Graduates set for low-paid first jobs", THES...
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Asuitable first move 2
Many UK careers services would have been disappointed to read comments implying a lack of support for students. We do much more than offer a computer program and pamphlets. We run events that cover...
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Cor blimey, guv, I had half of a first-year class in the back of my cab the other day
An in-your-face brand promotion is just one way institutions are preparing for the introduction of market forces by beefing up marketing muscle. Michael North reports. Marketing director Sandy Malone...
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My career lifts off on the banks of mighty 'Orbital'
The University of the M25 is an oasis of good news in a sector full of doom and gloom. Ted Prince, its new spin doctor, starts a monthly column on the sunny side of life in higher education by...
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Testing time guaranteed for all in race for best and brightest
Admissions exams are on the rise in the UK, especially for subjects such as medicine. But Yasmin Anwar finds students and academics are sceptical. On a rainy day in January, 1,400 young people from...
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Men who juggle campus and Pampers
There is much talk about equality in universities, but how many male academics actually take on the role of primary carer in the home? Caroline Davis reports. Becoming a full-time dad was never part...
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'Balancing fatherhood and professional life need not mean the annihilation of academic ambition'
I used to think that male academics didn't do children. And, if they did, they acted as if they were in permanent denial about their dark secret. I remember the time when a young colleague...
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A scholarly spine props up first draft of history
An instant history of the Iraq war does not mean university presses put cash before scholarship, says Walter Ellis. Academic publishers in the US have entered the market. Realising that there is a...
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Cor blimey, guv, I had half of a first-year class in the back of my cab the other day
An in-your-face brand promotion is just one way institutions are preparing for the introduction of market forces by beefing up marketing muscle. Michael North reports. Marketing director Sandy Malone...
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My career lifts off on the banks of mighty 'Orbital'
The University of the M25 is an oasis of good news in a sector full of doom and gloom. Ted Prince, its new spin doctor, starts a monthly column on the sunny side of life in higher education by...
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Testing time guaranteed for all in race for best and brightest
Admissions exams are on the rise in the UK, especially for subjects such as medicine. But Yasmin Anwar finds students and academics are sceptical. On a rainy day in January, 1,400 young people from...