JJ Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/6 reveal that: * 60,405 people qualified in business and administrative studies in 1995/96, the most out of all subjects * 85.1 per cent of...
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This week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, features the pick of our coverage of the 1997 general election. Included are ourfeatures and news coverage of the election, our map of keyacademic...
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Don's Diary
Thursday I wake up with that sinking feeling. I had resolved to survive the next eight days without stooping to any kind of Titanic punnery, but I have already failed miserably. I wonder, in the...
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Alan Hale's open letter
"I was inspired by the scientific discoveries taking place during my childhood to pursue a career in science only to find, after completing the rigours of undergraduate and graduate school, that the...
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When jobs are only heaven sent
What does it take for a scientist to earn a decent living? It took the discovery of a comet to give Alan Hale financial security and the chance to champion the cause of the planet's jobless...
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A faith that crucifies women
Theologian Daphne Hampson tells Elaine Williams why she believes Christianity is a harmful myth Daphne Hampson is a theologian who long ago abandoned the "harmful myth'' of Christianity. As we sit...
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Simon Midgley continues our series on The tanks that think
The Centre for Policy Studies was founded in 1974 by Sir Keith Joseph, an advocate of liberal free-market economic policies. It is independent of the Conservative party but classified as a political...
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The test that awards an English professor 33 per cent for literacy
As a final-year student at University College London studying human sciences, I have been taking a serious look at my future career. After four months of applying for graduate training programmes...
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The test that awards an English professor 33 per cent for literacy
Dubbed the "nous test" at its launch in March, the Graduate Employability Test is a national, computer-based test of a graduate's "working style and business acumen". The GET, its creators explain,...
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The test that awards an English professor 33 per cent for literacy
Every so often I find myself sitting my finals over again - in dreams. Sometimes as the sweating youth I was once, utterly panicky about not being able to conceal the zillions of black holes in my...
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Notes from a small island
Three academics explain how and why they will vote I shall vote Labour partly as a result of history, personal and public. I am the child of a single parent, a working mother, and a primary school...
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Notes from a small island
Three academics explain how and why they will vote The Liberal Democrats are the right choice for three reasons. They have a clear commitment to a constructive European policy, a vigorous third party...
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'A European superstate would cause international tension and civil war'
Alan Sked, UK Independence party The notion of a "democratic deficit" is a piece of Europhile propaganda assuming acceptance of European union as a political aim. For those of us who see no need for...
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'A European superstate would cause international tension and civil war'
Ben Hall, Centre for European Reform The European Union is a complicated hybrid, where national governments have decided that different forms of collective action will produce better results for...
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Making a big decision
Europe is the election's neglected issue, says Brian Brivati. The ghost at the feast of this election is Europe. Despite the prompting of anti-European ginger groups, the main parties resist full...