Lessons at the sharp end
Unfortunately, in his review of our edited book, Misunderstanding Science? (THES, May 31), Lewis Wolpert took the opportunity to repeat his well-known views concerning the social scientific...
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Life begins at 91 for oldest PhD
The oldest PhD on record received his degree at a ceremony this week at Concordia University, Montreal. Ninety-one year-old Dagobert Broh finished his doctoral history thesis this year after seven...
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Murphy rapped
Ten MPs have signed an early day motion condemning the suspension of National Union of Students vice president education Clive Lewis by president Jim Murphy. Ken Livingstone sponsored last week's...
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Face it
(Photograph) - Face it: Malcolm McLeod, director of Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum, examines the newly acquired death mask of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who died in Rome in 1788. The original...
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Go-ahead for genetics watchdog
A Human Genetics Advisory Commission is to be set up by the Government to provide it with advice on the impact of genetics research on areas such as insurance, patents, health and employment. The...
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Poison clue to bird catastrophe
A leading British specialist in animal disease has returned from Morocco after investigating the sudden deaths of scores of a rare bird unique to the country. James Kirkwood, chief vet at London...
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Class of 96 fails to face facts
Millions of students graduated college in the United States this spring with crisp diplomas, happy memories, bright prospects and apparently very little command of general knowledge. A survey of 500...
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Image isn't everything
Like several other academics and British Pakistanis, I am not convinced by the movie project on Jinnah as advocated by Akbar Ahmed (Perspective, THES, May 31). Himself a senior civil servant...
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A special class of character building
Schools and universities in the United States are trying to teach something that as yet has no place on Britain's curricula. It is called character education, and what they mean is the cultivation of...
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France unveils reforms
Long-awaited university reform plans unveiled in Paris this week are more an attempt at "social engineering" than fundamental remodelling, according to French education ministry officials. Critics...
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Unenlightened
We have all heard of lectures that leave you in the dark, but never quite as completely as at Trinity College, Dublin. Not that the lecturers were at fault - despite its Anglicised image, Trinity...
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Edinburgh cash scandal
A former assistant finance director at Edinburgh University has been barred from professional practice after admitting three charges of misconduct at a disciplinary tribunal. Kendrick Macpherson was...
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Disabled sound out the music
A University of Warwick lecturer is investigating how sound can help disabled children with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties to communicate. For the past two years, Phil Ellis, a...
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U-turn for India
The new Indian government has reversed the policy of its predecessor and stopped further privatisation of higher education. Cuts in funding will be restored and a bill to overcome the constitutional...
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A thorough examination please
With regards to David Abel (THES, June 14), it is not agreed that traditional exams "are at least one of the more objective forms of assessment". There is considerable evidence that traditional exams...