Slovaks hold funeral rite
Slovak students have held a candle-lit "funeral for academic freedom" in Freedom Square in Bratislava in protest at legislation that threatens university decision-making powers. Anger at the new law...
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Friendship with a Russian smile
FOR THE head of an institution which had to raise more than half its $20 million budget last year and owes more than $1 million in heating, electricity and water bills, Vladimir Filippov, rector of...
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Bikers speed on a virtual road
HOW CAN can one ride the world's most powerful motorcycle and roar along twisting open roads at breakneck speed in perfect safety? Virtual reality, of course. A group of engineers from Pisa's Santa...
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Health is fine on a drop of wine
GRAND traditions can leave a country resting on its laurels rather than competing at the cutting edge of research. Until recently, France was no exception where its heritage as a country of fine...
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Anxious students sacrifice their poor
In as fine an example of pathetic fallacy as could be found, last Tuesday's bleak weather underlined the misery of higher education staff demonstrating in the sleet for better pay. They have, as...
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Learning to love each other
The Association of Colleges' first annual conference this week heralded a new spirit of collaboration in the further education sector. It was not always so. Incorporation, three years ago, brought to...
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Hitting the customer is a bad idea
No one can blame people who work for universities for being fed up and angry. They have had a rotten deal for years. Their salaries have shadowed the retail price index and not average earnings - and...
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Fanfare for common good
As their role becomes more complex and resources more scarce, universities need to forge stronger links, says Michael Gibbons. THE COMMONWEALTH is undergoing a period of considerable change. The...
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The eligible bachelors
Arts and humanities graduates are just as able to adapt to the fast-changing information age as their more vaunted vocational peers, argues Michael Worton. Do we value our arts and humanities...
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Tied up in Notts
Some misconceptions are reported in your article "Staff Vote for PRP Salary Scheme" (THES, November 8). Union representatives were sent copies of the scheme rules so that they were able to advise...
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Caring for children
I am writing in response to "Day care does not harm children" (THES, November 1). I was astonished to read the article, which fails to take account of a significant and growing body of evidence which...
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Important tasks for the TTA
Ian Kane's view of the Teacher Training Agency (THES, November 15) amounts to little more than a collection of cliches, which can be summed up as: quangos bad, general teaching council good. A GTC...
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Cooking: the books
In response to the interview with Lisa Jardine (THES, November 1), I wish to point out that there is a thriving academic industry revolving around food, and in particular, culinary history, with...
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Joyce and the Jews
I have read with alarm in Suman Gupta's piece (THES, November 15) that a writer's racism does affect his or her literary status. While not wishing to engage in a specific debate along this line, I...
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Morale of morals
In the announcement ("Firms favour director dons", THES, November 1) of an otherwise noteworthy initiative by the Employers for Higher Education forum, I was saddened to see ethics described as an "...