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  1. Returning after a notable absence

    Mandy Garner talks to a man eager to revive Afghan music. John Baily has been working on Afghan music for 30 years but his last visit to Afghanistan was 25 years ago when he and his wife, Veronica...

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  2. Cutting edge: Heart steers head onto right track

    When push comes to shove, the emotional area of our brain often overrules the rational in moral dilemmas. Geoff Watts reports. When moral philosophers explain how they might act if faced with a...

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  3. Enabling admissions

    We were interested to read that the Fair Enough? report recommends using criteria other than just A-level results to identify those likely to succeed at undergraduate level ("Don't rely on just A-...

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  4. Mug's prediction

    Your report on the new brand identity of "Imperial College London" (Diary, THES , January 17) followed close on the heels of its abortive merger with University College London. Years ago, I led a...

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  5. Hard questions for hard target 1

    In "The Great Fee Debate" ("How deep must students dig?" THES , January 10), Tony Blair's exclusion of employers/business as sources of additional funding for higher education is telling. Employers...

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  6. Hard questions for hard target 2

    The 50 per cent target for participation in higher education is ambitious (Analysis, THES , January 3). If achieved, the government will see it as successful only if a large proportion of those...

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  7. Hard questions for hard target 3

    Can someone with a better statistical brain than mine explain the government's target for higher education participation? Margaret Hodge has said that "at present more than 43 per cent of young...

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  8. PC puts paid to passion

    Harriet Swain is on the ball about the dearth of "passionate intellectuals" ("How does an expert join the ranks of the fame academy?", THES , January 3). As I am 86, I can go back a few years. It was...

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  9. PhD to nowhere

    Stephen Rowland rightly bemoans the lack of clarity over the outcome of a PhD. Most doctoral students embark on a PhD to make an original contribution to knowledge and with a view to an academic...

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  10. Above-board reminder

    We were delighted to read your report of our efforts to support staff in enhancing their skills and qualifications through taking courses at the university (Whistleblowers, THES , January 3). As the...

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  11. Pie-in-sky methods? 1

    Nathan Abram's account of his attempt at radical change in teaching and learning methods ("It's time to rock the lecture boat", THES , January 17) sounded several warning bells. However laudable the...

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  12. Pie-in-sky methods? 2

    Richard Benefer writes that many students like being taught (Letters, THES , January 10). Sure they do, it allows three of them to doze while the fourth, coerced, member of the group writes his/her...

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  13. Pie-in-sky methods? 3

    John Sparkes is right to insist on the importance of the subject dimension in the teaching and research nexus (Letters, THES , January 10). In many fields of arts and humanities, research and...

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  14. Poor diagnostics 1

    Tests for narcissism, empathy and self-esteem when selecting student doctors are of little use if these attributes can be modified during training ("Personality could open door to medical school",...

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  15. Poor diagnostics 2

    I was surprised that Derek Leslie cites nursing in bemoaning the lack of "lower-tier courses that appeal to women" ("Bias cheats women of places", THES , January 17). While there is virtually no...

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