A noteworthy antipodean
Janet Ritterman recalls her influential music teacher, Alexander Burnard. He was tall, walked with a youthful spring in his step, and always seemed to have a twinkle in his eye. By the time I became...
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Free speech with kinder words
Annabel Patterson asks that in the often intemperate exchanges over political correctness we should not forget its real achievements. In 1580, Gabriel Harvey, lecturer in rhetoric at Cambridge,...
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Expert help for angst
At this moment in German history no one is certain whether the new (and in all likelihood, last) government led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl will survive the four years until our next elections. The...
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Don's Diary
TUESDAY. Buy British newspaper, only do so once a week as in Brussels it costs Pounds 1.40. Arrive office 8.15am to continue a report of yesterday's meeting. Dutch secretary (speaks four languages)...
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Blueprint for a better future
Peter Watson outlines his radical agenda for higher education funding The dramatic increase in the number of students at university over the past five years has placed the topic of funding higher...
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A never-ending learning story
Teaching and studying methods must be revolutionised if lecturers and students are to meet the challenges of modern life, says Patricia Partington. Reforms are necessary in learning and teaching...
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Surgeon's shinguard safety coup
An orthopaedic surgeon at Leicester University is seeking a Pounds 150,000 Medical Research Council grant for a project he believes could save the National Health Service at least Pounds 3.5 million...
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Who governs the FE governors?
End-of-year quizzes are commonplace. It might be more fun to start the year with one. I think 1995 might be the year of accountability. All the focus is on the question to whom should governors be...
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The real end of the tower block affair
I read T. A. Markus's review of Tower Block by Glendinning & Muthesius (THES, January 13) and was struck how Professor Markus managed to miss key points in the history of tower block...
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Science policy for debate
Professor Jones has apparently made two errors. The tribes with whom British Israelites identify were not lost "at the Exodus", but at the downfall of the Northern Kingdom several centuries later....
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Email benefits for vice chancellors
Lucy Hodges's article (Multimedia, THES, January 13) on the use of e-mail by the president of Ohio University implies that his widespread use of this form of technology is both novel and unique among...
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Academic freedom council backs law student's case
The Inns of Court School of Law is accused of undermining the visitorial process designed to ensure individuals who believe they are victims of injustice have a right of appeal to an external body...
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Cloth caps and clogs banished
The term textiles conjures up images of linens, yarns, woven fabrics, man-made fibres and similar materials used in the clothing industry. Yet at Leeds University department of textile industries the...
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Child care run like fast-food industry
Child welfare in the UK has adopted the style of the fast food industry, according to a leading social policy researcher. David Thorpe, senior lecturer in applied social science at Lancaster...
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Glasnost comes to Bournemouth
A certain amount of caginess is inevitable in new vice chancellors as they accustom themselves to their role as half human and half the embodiment of a large and complex academic institution. But...