Sound design
(Photograph) - design: a groundbreaking acoustic guitar made from plastic instead of wood has been designed and built by Owain Pledgley, a Loughborough University PhD student. The guitar's...
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Porter redundancies raise safety concerns
Kent students worried about safety are to step up protests over the university's decision to reduce the number of porters on campus. Boycotts and a possible rent strike are planned in protest at the...
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Staff governors must have wider vision
Staff representatives on college governing bodies must resist pressure to represent the exclusive interests of staff, college funding chief David Melville said this week. Professor Melville, speaking...
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25th anniversary for an unanswered message
The most distant of long distance calls celebrated its 25th anniversary on Tuesday but has still gone without a reply. Scientists blasted a three-minute signal from the 300-metre diameter radio...
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Lower classes in majority
Universities and colleges in Northern Ireland are the most egalitarian in terms of social class, according to 1997 figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The majority of accepted...
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Keep commerce out
Business-oriented academics such as Michael Thorne ("Fierce competition in the virtual, global game", THES, November 5) and Marcel Van Miert ("Introducing a truly open market is the only way to...
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Aborigines get campus equality
MELBOURNE ߣߣÊÓƵn universities will be required to establish special employment strategies for Aboriginal academics and general staff under a claim to be served on institutions by the National...
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Photo fury hits war tour
HAMBURG Indonesian Muslim students rally on the streets of Jakarta to protest against a thawing of Indonesia's relations with Israel under new President Abdurrahman Wahid REUTERS A controversial...
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Standards upheld
You published last week the story of a doctoral student, Edwin Del Wollert, who says that he was recruited by Swansea University on the basis of an assurance that the philosophy department here has...
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See the real world
The article "Dangerous liaisons" (THES, November 5) explores some volatile territory in questioning the student field expeditions that often form a popular feature of undergraduate or postgraduate...
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Engagement is key
Frank Furedi ("When trust slips", THES, November 12) has articulated the growing concerns of teaching staff in higher education. Students are not "consumers" or "purchasers" of knowledge despite the...
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Give credit
The article on vicarious learning ("How to fight solitary confinement", THES, November 12) failed to mention the collaborative nature of the research on which it was based. This work has been...
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Two takes on DFEE research
The accusation in last week's front-page article ("Ministers accused of cover-up", THES, November 12) that the government suppressed information is nonsense. In line with the code of practice on...
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Two takes on DFEE research
Congratulations on exposing the suppression by the DFEE of research into the likely effects of the introduction of student fees on the applications to universities from mature students. One might...
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Swiss fear lecturer dearth
ROME Swiss higher education is facing a dearth of academics. About 40 per cent of its lecturers and researchers will retire between now and 2004, and there are not enough new academics to fill the...