QAA framework 'a farce'
Tony Tysome Universities and colleges have warned that the standing of foundation degrees and the integrity of higher education have been jeopardised by proposals for a national qualifications...
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Officials stayed silent as SQA went 'nastily wrong'
Senior civil servants backed off from advising ministers to intervene directly in the Scottish Qualifications Authority examinations debacle. This reluctance to take what was described as the "...
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Online clearing searches
Subjects and institutions that have been traditionally the preserve of the rich have proved the most popular for online clearing searches, writes Alison Goddard. Law was the most popular subject for...
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Treasure seized in Bassani battle
Unpublished manuscripts by the late Giorgio Bassani and an art collection allegedly worth Pounds 6 million are at the centre of a bitter legal dispute between the writer's children and an American...
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How to write a paper
Scientific papers need not be turgid. Geoff Watts gives a few tips on writing a page-turner that just might win you a reputation. Most scientific papers are less than exciting. Along with computer...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is written by a former cabin boy: " Call me Ishmael... " The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and the...
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Making problems look like a million dollars
Stephen Smale
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Forgive and remember
No Future Without Forgiveness
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When Brit grit met German dithering
The Burning Blue
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Only a whimper in face of the big bang?
A Different Approach to Cosmology
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No table left unturned in varied life of science
The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, Volume Four
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Can't count them on one hand?
Five More Golden Rules
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Einstein's angelic thoughts
Einstein, Physics and Reality
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Sporting rivalry
Students can choose from almost 1,500 sports-related courses. But the tough competition for places means the discipline is no easy option, says Elaine Carlton The battle is hotting up in the sporting...