Watchdogs need teeth
I was interested to read that the National Audit Office has called for the establishment of an ombudsman for higher education (THES, January 31). As a Manchester resident, I regularly see half page...
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No change yet at ACU
DAVID JOBBINS refers to certain changes of emphasis that are supposed to have taken place in the orientation of the Association of Commonwealth Universities ((THES, January 31). While it is true that...
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Think of the victims
IN AN article in which she naively dismisses the effects of Holocaust denial, Jennie Bristow asks "why has so little fuss been made about these new restrictions on free speech?" (THES, February 7)....
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Think of the victims
JENNIE BRISTOW accused the National Union of Students of censorship, citing the BNP and Hizb-ur Tahrir as the victims. She represents only herself in this view, having failed to get elected at NUS...
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Organ sale is sensible
ONORA O'NEILL (THES, February 7) is mistaken to worry that allowing the sale of human organs will cause people to sell unhealthy ones. People will simply be screened for health. She is also mistaken...
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Myths and TV dinners
ANNE MURCOTT (THES, January 31) claims in her otherwise excellent article on the supposed demise of the family meal that there is little academic research which has focused on this topic. Our study...
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Lecturers need to wave subjects' flag
MASS higher education has made it difficult to be certain about standards, according to the Higher Education Quality Council. So it should be a matter of concern to all lecturers that they know what...
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Don's Diary
Saturday. Graduation at Dartington. Platform party galumph out to African drumming portraying a tale of rain turning to beer. Quick change and hurl through gale force wind and rain to Heathrow to...
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Student designs stir Milia 97
Over the past four years, Milia has established itself as digital media's premier international business exhibition and conference. Billed as the ultimate platform for interactive content providers...
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French library training 'inadequate'
France's grande ecole for librarians and information scientists is leaving students inadequately prepared for work in online libraries, according to a report from the country's academic assessment...
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US educators beam in
Jones Education, a United States cable TV company which specialises in education, has launched its Knowledge TV channel in Europe. Knowledge TV's US output includes programmes which form part of...
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Wired West
Four West London colleges have spent Pounds 500,000 on technology to deliver courses on the Internet. Students on a variety of courses can access study material, submit assignments and correspond...
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Mobile pregnancy monitoring system wins top Euro award
An edinburgh University project which uses new technology to allow pregnant women to be monitored at home rather than visiting a hospital specialist has won a major European award. The Telematic...
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Teesside VR centre forges business links
A Pounds 2.3 million virtual reality centre serving students and local industries will be housed in the latest showpiece building to rise on the formerly down-at-heel campus of the University of...
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Videoconferencing link in Highlands and Islands University
Videoconferencing will link the 12 institutions of Scotland's planned Highlands and Islands University, which are spread over an area larger than Belgium. In the Pounds 500,000 first stage of a...