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Laurie Taylor column
Why dump dons when they turn 65? (Experience counts for little if the years are stacking up) - THES , November 22. Good morning, seminar group 26. As this is the final seminar this term on the...
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Leader: Students must be convinced of a degree's value
What is a degree worth financially? The question is central to the government's justification for charging more for higher education. Ministers claim the lifetime premium is £400,000; the opponents...
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Leader: Reduce the schemes but add more cash
Today's announcement of new student support arrangements is not the one that the pundits are waiting to see. The big news will come in January, with the likely extension of education maintenance...
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Intellectual integrity that may get lost in the scrum
Sport psychology has been around for a long time, but its status is still in question, says Adrian Mourby. The first Institute for the Study of Sport and Physical Culture was established in St...
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Coaches slated for failing the team
Sports minister Richard Caborn is engaged in a tug of war with sport scientists. He says they focus on elite athletes. They insist their research benefits everyone. Matthew Baker reports. It may be...
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Wanted: bright graduates, any discipline, to keep UK moving
Congestion and a lack of transport planners is causing gridlock in Britain, argues minister John Spellar. The government's £181 billion Ten-year Plan for Transport is vital if Britain is to sustain a...
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Is rush hour here for transport degrees?
Suzanne Stevenson seeks an alternative route out of transport gridlock. John Polak is intrigued by the tiny, seemingly inconsequential decisions that influence how, when and why we embark on journeys...
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Burrowing away in a careers wonderland
In the last of our series All in a Day's Work , Harriet Swain descends the rabbit hole to meet Marianne Bhavsar as she organises events to get students on the right job path. Name: Marianne Bhavsar...
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The stage is set for Cinders' new role
The divide between drama schools and universities is still there but, Susan Elkin writes, each has an important part to play in the overall production. Drama seems to have made a good job of...
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Chance to get a really good look at curves
Elementary Differential Geometry. First edition - Symmetries. First edition - Vector Analysis. First edition - Geometry. First edition - Understanding Analysis. First edition
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Get the notion of metals in motion
Introduction to the Electron Theory of Metals. First edition
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Relax, you're in your element
Contemporary College Physics. Third edition - The Elements of Physics. First edition - 200 Puzzling Physics Problems
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Essential guides to crossing the boundaries
Basic Semiconductor Physics. First edition - Semiconductor Physics and Applications. First edition