English as a second thought
Frank Furedi no more than scratches the surface with his claim that administrators keen to recruit fee-paying overseas students to Britain do not put in place programmes designed to support them. For...
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English as a second thought
Three years ago I started an MA in economics at a well-known university in London. As a foreign student I paid substantial fees and joined a class full of fellow "foreigners". My grasp of English was...
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Economic exchange
Steve Fleetwood (Letters, THES, June 18) responds to my debate with Neil Kay by rubbishing economists for viewing firms as profit maximisers. A merit of economics is that it formulates theories with...
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Economic exchange
The exchange between economists David de Meza and Neil Kay (Letters, THES, June 11, 18) contains stuff that is relevant to the world in which we live, but how are most readers supposed to recognise...
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Star Turn
Can games and fun have a place in education? Phil Baty meets a man who thinks so. "Education should be serious fun. As part of the wider educative role, students should be able to try out crazy and...
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Applicants from Northfuel Trinity resentment
Dublin Northern Ireland A-level students find it easier to get into the prestige faculties of medicine and dentistry at Trinity College, Dublin than applicants from the republic. Last year two out of...
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Disability dangers
I would like to dispel the impression that my case was intended as an example of better practice towards disabled academics ("Disabled dons fight sector's handicaps", THES, June 18). That this...
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IQ tests not the answer
Making entry to Oxford and Cambridge fairer will take more than IQ tests, says Steven Rose The view from Cambridge's King's College bridge of Gibb's Building, the chapel and Clare College is one of...
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Who should teach how to teach?
Richard Pring maintains that universities are the best places to train teachers The most recent government green paper is a radical reappraisal of how the teaching profession should be managed -...
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Why I...wish my medical school tutors had prepared me for hospital medicine
I work as a senior house officer in a busy district general hospital in London. It is nearly two years since I qualified as a hospital doctor. Educated at a northern comprehensive, I got my A levels...
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Visa fraudsters target colleges
Colleges are havens for illegal immigrants and are being targeted by "human smugglers" who provide forged documents to enrol bogus overseas students, British diplomats have warned. The "very worrying...
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The lure of work and study
Universities are set to exploit relaxed work rules for foreign students when recruiting. To meet competition from the United States and Australia, the government has promised to streamline visa and...
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Student support inquiry goes ahead
The Scottish Parliament is expected to ratify proposals for the committee of inquiry into student support a week today just before its two-month summer recess. The committee, set to have its first...
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Employers approve traineeships
National Traineeships, which replaced the failed Youth Training programme two years ago, are meeting the needs of a large number of employers, according to a new survey. It found that 89 per cent of...
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SNP deputy leader chairs key committee
Tangible evidence of Scotland's new politics has emerged with John Swinney, deputy leader of the Scottish National Party, chairing the powerful enterprise and lifelong learning committee, rather than...