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  2. In the US, solid states give bang for the buck

    Alan Ryan tells us that even at £9,000 a year, higher education in the UK will still be cheaper than going to the University of California, Berkeley as an in-state student ("A big bang is off the...

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  3. No twist in Cable's logic

    I did not appreciate ߣߣÊÓƵ's editorialising about Vince Cable's "tortuous logic" ("The Week in Higher Education", 25 November)."We didn't break a promise," says Cable, reasoning...

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  4. Don't pass your problems on

    Many thanks to Robin Baker for articulating the need for "a united voice" in the academy ("Sector must address 'fundamental' failure to challenge funding cuts", 25 November). Students and staff in...

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  5. Sub-optimal experience

    Prime Minister David Cameron recently told students at the University of Peking that the increases to English tuition fees will reduce the high prices currently paid by international students who...

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  6. Two cultures, one humanity (1 of 2)

    Patrick Curry will excuse me if, like many others in these pages, I take the accusation that I am "deluded" as something of a badge of honour in these dark days ("Mission impossible", Letters, 25...

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  7. Two cultures, one humanity (2 of 2)

    Amid the sound and fury of the Browne plans and the Comprehensive Spending Review, it was wonderfully refreshing to read Martin Mills' eloquent plea for rapprochement between the sciences and the...

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  8. Ill suited for the task

    Tim Marshall, chief executive of the UK's Janet IT network, believes that within the academy, "ponytails and sandals" who waste money should be replaced by managers "with the guts to take things...

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  9. Ranking goldmine

    I'm surprised that no one at THE has noticed that the magazine is sitting on a mass of unanalysed citation data in its Index.I'm able to confirm, based on swift and dirty back-of-the-envelope...

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  10. Sounds familiar...

    If critical thinking involves "the ability to recognise problems...and to comprehend and use language with accuracy" as Linda Elder argues ("Achieving critical mass", 25 November), perhaps she should...

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  11. One gives one's blessing

    A.W. Purdue claims that until Princess Louise's marriage to the Marquis of Lorne in 1871, "no royal had married a subject since Henry VIII" ("Commoner chameleon", 25 November).In fact, James II...

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  12. Science research

    Too complex for the jury?

    Some think that traditional peer review, the guardian of sound science, is not up to the task of assessing large-scale multidisciplinary research. Paul Jump puts the question to the experts

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  13. Go! Fight! Win!

    For the US academy, sport - particularly American football - isn't a matter of life and death: it's much more important than that. David Gewanter discusses the big-money, big-reputation stakes of the...

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  14. Feel the rush

    Incisive debate on contemporary issues is curtailed by the glacial pace of academic publishing, argues Tim Luckhurst. Adopting new journalistic models would inject vitality into academics' work

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  15. Film review: Catfish

    A fresh take on an old tale impresses Duncan Wu, but leaves him with misgivings about exploitation

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