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Leader: The way to infinitives and beyond
Why is it always only the young, who are still learning, who are taken to task over poor spelling and grammar?"When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split," the writer...
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From where I sit - Wish list for the new term
As ߣߣÊÓƵ goes to a federal election on 21 August, there is a scrabble by politicians to cadge votes by chirruping buzzwords and making lavish promises.But neither the prime minister Julia Gillard...
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Tony Judt, 1948-2010
One of the most celebrated – and controversial – historians of his generation has died. Tony Judt was born in London on 2 January 1948 into a multilingual Jewish family. Between the ages of 15 and 19...
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University of Oxford - French toast
A university foundation aiming to publish the complete works of the French philosopher Voltaire has received an award from the Academie Francaise. The Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford...
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Research intelligence - A geneticist in the House
Cambridge academic and Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert is a champion for science in the new Parliament. Paul Jump reports
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Sifting great students from the very good
The fear that state-school students, or pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, will be overlooked by top universities is not a new concern brought about by the introduction of A* grades at A level.It...
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Greens under the beds
Martin Cohen seems determined to reveal some dark hidden truth about the potential for profit in climate change, but this is to miss the point ("Profits of doom", 29 July).Energy supply is a...
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Hold on, we have a problem
The report "University of Cambridge: 'Goldilocks' and the three bids" (Campus round-up, 29 July) is misleading. Cambridge has not "topped a shortlist". As the UK Space Agency's press release on the...
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McCarthy? No, integrity
It is important to point out that voicing support for a boycott of Israel and its academic institutions is perfectly legal and is part and parcel of freedom of expression in the country ("Is the...
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Brevity not the soul of wit
In the sincere hope that my children do not read your Letters pages, I must confess my bewilderment concerning your "Tweet of the week" feature. Not only do I not understand the concept or the...
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Authors, you are not alone
I was surprised by Katharine Reeve's assertion that academic authors are "left to their own devices" during the writing process, unlike their fiction-writing counterparts ("Bound for glory", 5 August...
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Ceci n'est pas une chaise
Once again, ߣߣÊÓƵ refers to someone, in this case Thomas Bartlett of the University of Aberdeen, as being "... chair", when, to be more precise, he holds a chair (Author profile, 5...
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Baloney detector
The concerns of your anonymous "senior manager at a research-intensive university" are complete baloney ("Loss of ally adds to Welsh unrest", 5 August).There is no dearth of higher education...
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It needed to be said
In THE's Letters pages (29 July), James J. Browne and Stefan Decker of the National University of Ireland attack me for criticising the European Commission's research funding programme ("Brussels...