Put in the picture
The article about myself and other "media dons" ("Coming soon to a living room near you",THES, September 11) contained a photograph that is supposedly of me but is in fact of someone I have never...
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I did not say that school science teaching "should be dumbed down" (THES, September 11). What I said was that the school science curriculum is outdated and based on the unjustified assumption that it...
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Concerning the review of Impossibility by John Barrow, ("Taking it to the limits" THES, September 4), one lesson of a survey of theories of impossibility in the sciences must be that declarations of...
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Susan Harte (Letters, THES, September 11) advocates on behalf of the Association of University Teachers a pay review body for university administrators and calls the Association of University...
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Why I ...believe academics should take pop music seriously
Simon Frith, Professor of English studies at Strathclyde University This week the Mercury prize for the best British album of the year was announced from a shortlist that ranged from Robbie Williams...
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We're in the family way
'No rights without responsibilities' should sum up a new politics, says Anthony Giddens When he came back from his policy discussions in Washington earlier this year Tony Blair spoke of his ambition...
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I was warned that I brought my personal life to work too much
Are British universities homophobic? Gregory Woods says his experience proves they are When I was appointed recently to the first British professorship in gay and lesbian studies, I got crank mail...
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Parenting timetabled
Alison Utley discovers how new students in Manchester are learning to study and find time tofit in an episode of Neighbours Even very able 18-year-olds are often shocked by the extent to which they...
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Credit united
Baroness Blackstone launched a blueprint for national learning credits last week. Universities and colleges will use the national credit framework to measure students' achievements. The final report...
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A signal of success
Southampton University is receiving Pounds 210,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to support its innovative MSc course in applied digital signal processing. Distance-...
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Nottingham skills cash
The University of Nottingham is receiving Pounds 450,000 for building key skills training into the curriculum. The cash is part of an Pounds 8 million initiative by the higher education and...
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Fellows in teaching
The University of Teesside has appointed its first teaching fellows. The appointments are aimed at academics who wish to specialise in teaching, offering an equivalent career progression to...
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The fun and games economist
When Caroline Elliott's name was entered for the Pilkington Teaching Award she had to submit four years' worth of student assessments on her performance. Until then, she had no idea that her lectures...
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Yeovil's check-up
Yeovil College is investing Pounds 3 million in new facilities for further education. The chairman of the Further Education Funding Council, Lord Davies of Oldham, is to visit Yeovil College later...
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Schooled in the abacus
Maths teachers in Malaysia are all to receive "mental abacus arithmetic" (MAA) training in a move to elevate the level of maths and science across the country. More than 200 teacher trainers are...