Don's Diary
FRIDAY. Eating satay in the comfort of Malaysia Airlines I ponder why I should be travelling 6,500 miles to teach on a masters in management degree course. British Aerospace had explained to me at a...
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Bemoan the folly of the hour
In the week that the Irish cabinet agreed on draft university legislation, Vincent McBrierty examines government participation in university affairs Political intrusion into the governance of...
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Just keep on moving . . .
The internationalisation of higher education needs attention, says Roger King The flow of students across national boundaries in pursuit of their studies has long been regarded as beneficial - for...
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The logic in loans
Apparently, "people think that if you talk about income-contingent loans frequently enough, the problem will go away" ("Loans idea 'irritates' Forth, THES, February 9). Who are these people? As far...
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Boy's own advertising
In response to the Perspective article headlined "Grey natter" (THES, January 26), does Robin Dunbar then hold the view that if men's gossip is purely advertising, men should be seen and not heard? C...
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Jobs offer defers military service
Russia. Five hundred Russian graduates a year will have their military service deferred indefinitely, under a new decree aimed at preserving Russia's "scientific potential". They will be selected...
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One of our sponsors is missing
The Netherlands. The Dutch Aviation College is to lose 10 per cent of its 1,400 students in the next academic year following the bankruptcy of aeroplane maker Fokker. The loss is likely to include 60...
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Australian academics snub Labor
Australia's Labor government has lost the support of the nation's 55,000 academics. For the first time in three federal elections, the academics' industrial organisation - the National Tertiary...
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Allies for the cause
Your inaccurate report of my contribution to Association of University Teachers' council (THES, February 2) attributed to me reservations about the AUT working with the Committee of Vice Chancellors...
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Competition and the council
It is premature and somewhat optimistic to imply that the Joint Action Plan signed by Prime Minister John Major and Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo could result in $265 million of World Bank money...
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Competition and the council
The article, "Mexico signs training deal", describing the British Council's successful sale of National Council of Vocational Qualifications' material there and elsewhere (THES, February 2), made...
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Competition and the council
Roger Bowers, director of professional services at the British Council, (Letters, THES, February 2) asserts that Roger Iredale "is unduly influenced by . . . his interests as a member of the board of...
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A mouse that took fright
Cambridge University Press's statement ("A publishing mouse?" THES, February 9) that I sought police protection for Anastasia Karakasidou and myself can only be disingenuous. As a responsible...
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Standards speak wrong language
Your editorial "Wisdom in languages" (THES, February 9), following up Jim Coleman's call for nationally agreed standards for languages, was at once both encouraging and depressing. It was encouraging...
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Food for the mind
It was a delight to read Kay-Tee Khaw's timely warning about unhealthy dietary habits ("Dying for a good fry-up", THES, February 9) as I tucked into the "full English breakfast" in our staff club at...