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  1. From where I sit - Second-class scholars

    There are frequently stories in the ߣߣÊÓƵn media about the diminishing standards of tertiary education. The problems include weak literacy skills (many students emerge with degrees but are unable...

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    #News
    #Opinion

  2. Fred Halliday, 1946-2010

    A leading authority on international relations, superpower rivalries and the Middle East has died.

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  3. Philosophical view: Middlesex, think again

    We the undersigned deplore Middlesex University's recent decision to close its philosophy programmes, including its prestigious and successful MAs. This is a matter of national and indeed...

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  4. Immovable barriers

    J.D. Turner argues persuasively in favour of engineering as a career option ("Putting the world back in working order", 29 April), and makes some telling observations about the way the subject is...

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  5. Roasted chestnuts

    Will Podmore's riposte, "Hobson's choice" (Letters, 29 April), to my letter regarding the issue of non-voting academics ("Dubious vintage", 22 April), misses the point of the original argument.He...

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  6. Autonomous response

    In "The enemies within" (22 April), Anthony Glees appears to make an extraordinary and unfounded insinuation that the University of Oxford's external funding sources are affecting campus life. Those...

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  7. We need fees transparency

    We the undersigned student leaders would like to publicly condemn the decision taken by the Russell Group to withhold its submission to Lord Browne of Madingley's independent review of tuition fees...

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  8. Does not compute

    Your article on the Higher Education Statistics Agency's annual performance indicators rightly highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of its data ("Sector offers UK real value for money, v-cs claim...

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  9. Geeks bearing election gifts

    I enjoyed your feature on the online campaign for the "geek vote" ("'Geek the vote' and the Battle of Bosworth", 22 April), but wanted to clarify the various sub-campaigns running via blogs and...

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  10. Past is a popular country

    Your leader on history makes a distinction between academic and popular history that I would struggle to find in practice ("Historical lessons are priceless", 29 April). I specialise, at least in...

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  11. Satire isn't dead

    I hope I'm not alone in applauding the rich vein of satire in Malcolm Gillies' article ("Easy money? That's rich", 22 April), which would otherwise appear to be a remarkably accomplished masterpiece...

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  12. Smells like victory?

    Sally Hunt, the University and College Union's general secretary, hailed the ruling on Lancaster University's fixed-term contracts as "a major victory" ("Fixed-term staff score legal victory", 22...

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  13. Unconventional thinkers or recklessly dangerous minds?

    Aids denialism is estimated to have killed many thousands. Jon Cartwright asks if scientists should be held accountable, while overleaf Bruce Charlton defends his decision to publish the work of an...

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  14. My Eureka Moment - Hello, Dolly

    A conversation in a Dublin bar in 1987 proved crucial to Sir Ian Wilmut's research and led ultimately to the first clone of an adult animal

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  15. A trace of greatness

    Why do scholars enjoy exploring their academic genealogies? Jon Adams believes it is a desire to be associated with a dynastic intellectual legacy

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