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Tracey Brown, in her letter (26 February) attacking the article on Sense About Science's genetic modification guide and GM Watch's press release about conflicting interests ("Charity guide criticised...
Tracey Brown, in her letter (26 February) attacking the article on Sense About Science's genetic modification guide and GM Watch's press release about conflicting interests ("Charity guide criticised...
I write in response to the article "Imperial faces funding gap as merger takes toll" (19 February).The creation of the Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) has indeed been a major undertaking over...
I am the Kingston University journalism student who wrote the Surrey Comet article that first highlighted Kingston's misreporting of student non-completions.It is incorrect for Peter Scott, Kingston'...
It is a pity that Andrew Morgan feels that the only way to meet my argument about teaching quality is to descend to personal insults, asserting that I do "not grasp the notion of scholarly research...
Malcolm Johnson's arguments logically lead to the euthanising of the mentally ill and the clinically depressed if they don't respond to medication ("Departing with dignity: the ultimate palliative...
An anonymous employee of the University of Ulster has raised concerns about the institution giving priority to employing potentially redundant employees ("Ulster's ring-fenced posts come under fire...
Sense About Science is annoyed with ߣߣÊÓÆµ for mentioning that Vivian Moses, who contributed to its booklet on GM, heads a biotech industry-funded lobby group. It says this is not a...
Supplementing the diet of cows could deliver considerable benefits to human health without the need to reduce the intake of dairy products, University of Reading scientists have discovered. As part...
An £11.4 million global scholarship programme has been announced by the University of Wales. The Prince of Wales Innovation Scholarships programme, which will be run by the principality's federal...
Musing on the often acrimonious debate between atheists and believers, Simon Blackburn takes as his inspiration David Hume, who approached the issue not with hatred but with humour
Overworked, underpaid and insecure: adjunct and part-time US faculty are fighting to convince their institutions - and tenured colleagues - that they deserve better. Jon Marcus reports

Successive RAEs have concentrated research cash in the hands of the elite. This time around, the pie has been shared more widely. Zoë Corbyn reports

Who’s hit the jackpot? - Funding allocations in full
R&D boss thinks the grandiose pretensions of the ‘University of Middle Wallop’ are putting off international firms and damaging the country’s reputation. Hannah Fearn reports

Barry Manilow has the skill to vacuum-seal emotion in every lyric and speaks for and to those who are neglected and marginalised