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  1. Loyalty, but not blind allegiance 2

    One can be loyal to the principles and purposes for which an institution claims to stand, but this does not imply loyalty to a particular regime, system or policy. Indeed, many would argue that...

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  2. Loyalty, but not blind allegiance 3

    Many years ago, it fell to me to chair Higher Education Funding Council for England teaching-quality inspections of academic departments. At one such event, the head of department confided to me and...

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  3. Cite the difference

    Adding to the research excellence framework complexity will be the work involved in making sure that citation counts are accurate. Thomson ISI has two different tools for determining citation numbers...

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  4. Irredeemably evil? 1

    Barbara Oakley ("The devil inside", November 30) fails to track the obvious conclusion to her neural theory of evil. If individuals such as Hitler and Oakley's sister were the legatees of a wayward...

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  5. Irredeemably evil? 2

    The risks of applying empirical reason to moral reasoning are revealed in the final paragraphs of Oakley's article, when she notes that "some people are innately duplicitous, self-serving and...

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  6. Democratic debate 1

    For a Labour minister Bill Rammell seems to have rather a poor grasp of the traditions of the Labour movement ("'Stand up for free speech' - Rammell", November 30). He complains about attempts to...

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  7. Expert opinions

    We no longer see scientists as unquestionable founts of wisdom. So where should we seek expertise when we need to make decisions involving science and technology? Matthew Reisz hears the views of two...

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  8. Long life's journey into death

    Human lifespan doubled in the 20th century, but we have largely traded our forebears' short, sharp ends for the exotic diseases of old age and a lingering, painful demise, writes Guy Brown. Once upon...

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  9. Dirty war: hostile terrain conceals enemies' secrets

    The battle to defeat infections should look to the soil and the sea, where microbes flourish in conditions every bit as harsh as the human gut, writes Geoff Watts. With hospital-acquired infections...

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  10. Take a risk with wiki work

    Instead of merely tweaking course content, try a 21st-century makeover that shifts the emphasis from tutor to learners, Martina Doolan advises. How often do we reflect on our teaching of a particular...

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