Death before expense
Your article on the Royal Society's risk meeting (THES, March 14) quoted Ragnar Lofstedt as saying that communication between social scientists and engineers or natural scientists is effectively...
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Daft draft notions
The report (THES, February 21) on the misleading and erroneous views attributed to Jacqueline McGlade and her colleagues on the draft European Union directive on the legal protection of...
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Reduced to one or two
Reading your editorial opinions is always a joy but it is not often that I do so wreathed in smiles. "Pay system should build on UCEA" (THES, March 14) was one of those times. You must share my...
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Officialese decoded
The chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England describes the present practice of "the calculation of the amount of research money for each subject" as based on "historical...
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Death and the debate
I read with interest the hard-hitting reply from Barry Hyman (THES, March 7) to Geoffrey Alderman's commentary on the disputes surrounding the death of Rabbi Hugo Gryn. Mr Hyman's remark that...
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Death and the debate
In my article on the repercussions within Anglo-Jewry of the death of Rabbi Hugo Gryn, requested by The THES, I sought to explain to a largely non-Jewish audience a complex and confusing dynamic. As...
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Electro wizards switch on to West
Scientists from St Petersburg's Electrotechnical University (LETI), once a centre for secret Soviet military-industrial research, are turning to the west to capitalise on technical advances developed...
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Jam busters find their Mecca
As pilgrims from all over the Muslim world prepare to travel to Mecca, researchers have found a way to reduce the monumental traffic jams that beset the holy sites at this time of year. The project...
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Shocking glimpse of Stocking
The news sent a chill down the spines of a whole generation of Germans: Pippi Longstocking, one of their best-loved children's literary figures, had been censored! The rebellious, freckle-faced...
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Swiss research lacks structure
A panel of international academic experts has found serious structural defects in the way humanities research is organised in Switzerland. Following an earlier assessment of research in the social...
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Recruiters given a free rein
Japan's annual graduate recruitment season is coming to an end, accompanied by the usual complaints that some companies have failed to keep to their predetermined schedules. Because the academic year...
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A fuzzy no to 'noodle factories'
The Malaysian parliament has pushed through final amendments to legislation which sets universities on the path to being run like corporations. Ministers are optimistic about the impact of changes to...
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You've got my name, why don't you use it
An MBA graduate, who says his professor plagiarised his work, has taken his allegations to civil court. Paul Boudreau told an Ontario judge when the case began earlier this month that Jimming Lin, a...
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Tax break fuels fear of fee hike
Critics of President Bill Clinton's proposal to boost student aid say that it could fuel tuition fee inflation in the United States. University and college lobbyists in Washington have generally...
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Beards only on Kabul campus
KABUL University has reopened for an uncertain academic year short of cash, stationery and women students. The Taliban Movement closed the university indefinitely when it swept into the Afghan...