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Peter Harrison is quoted as damning Richard Dawkins' and his supporters' views as "intellectually vacuous, although their popularity is sociologically interesting" - a phrase that succeeds in being...
Peter Harrison is quoted as damning Richard Dawkins' and his supporters' views as "intellectually vacuous, although their popularity is sociologically interesting" - a phrase that succeeds in being...
It is hardly news to show that many early scientists had religious convictions. After all, they worked in an almost universally religious culture. And of course, science and religion "are not single...
I read the story "Stark facts exposed about anti-regulation therapist" (28 January) with some surprise.I have no quarrel with any of the facts. I am aware that the battle over regulation for...
It is misleading to suggest that the Higher Education Funding Council for England has bowed to pressure to alleviate CO2 reduction ("Hefce reduces carbon targets after protests", 28 January). It has...
Your leader "Is survival all that matters?" (28 January) references international students as a potential source of increased funding for the British higher education sector. But this income stream...
Cardiff University recently had to change the way its medical examination results are produced after a mistake led to four students graduating despite failing an exam.The only way to stop this from...
I support Ron Iphofen's call for a common ethical practice code in the social sciences ("Do the right thing - unite", 14 January), but I found the objections raised in the letter the following week...
You report that failure to write an impact statement on a grant application does not affect the likelihood of obtaining funding, but your figures show the opposite ("Refusal to comply on impact...
South Korean universities are recruiting more foreign faculty in a bid to internationalise their campuses and boost their standings in world university rankings. But unless better attempts are made...
If you are going to place large colour pictures of former Education Secretary and Beard of the Year Charles Clarke in ߣߣÊÓÆµ, could you put a warning on the cover first, please? ("...
Laurie Taylor keeps getting more accurate and funny. Jorge Cham, too. His Nature vs Science comparison was spot on (4 February). Congratulations on the funnies.John Robinson, University of York.
The vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol has warned staff that they face another year of wage restraint before national negotiations begin on pay for 2010-11. Eric Thomas says in a message to...
Five research apprenticeships in areas fundamental to the world's future have been established at the University of Stirling. The posts in the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences are...
A new university centre at Harlow has been given the go-ahead by planning officials. The centre, to be set up by Anglia Ruskin University, has been approved by Harlow District Council, allowing work...
A student has made a 29-year-old polar bear the subject of her dissertation project. Annie Burgin, a zoo biology student at Nottingham Trent University, is studying how Mercedes - the only polar bear...