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  1. Divided we fall 1

    The University and College Union appears to tie itself in knots unnecessarily over the proposed national pay structures ("UCU fears employer bid to block action over pay", October 12). First, this is...

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  2. Pseudo's corner

    Your article on Steven Pinker and his latest book appears somewhat in thrall to his popular status ("Reality check", October 12). Taking his opinion as fact is a disservice to what is a set of...

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  3. A bad business

    How appropriate that Hertfordshire University, previously distinguished by the size of its vice-chancellors' salaries, can have its academic quality verified by the argument advanced by Tim Wilson ("...

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  4. Let's get research basics right 2

    The research assessment exercise has taken a few steps forward and a few steps back, ("All work to be counted in RAE evaluation", October 12). In evaluating and rewarding the research performance of...

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  5. Let's get research basics right 3

    The proposed system for measuring research output might work for the sciences. For the social sciences and humanities it would be a disaster. It would incentivise the proliferation of lower quality...

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  6. Working hypotheses 2

    I have to say that I found Susan Bassnett's piece excruciatingly patronising. My first thought was that it's very obvious she isn't a scientist. She grumbles about "people who think it's outrageous...

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  7. Divided we fall 2

    You note that a minority of universities are employing union-busting firms to undermine the University and College Union in their institutions. It might be interesting to know who is paying for these...

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  8. The child departs

    Does Freudian theory, and in particular the Oedipus complex as a way of explaining sexual development, still have anything to teach us? Matthew Reisz, below, explores a reinvestigation of Freud's...

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  9. Dr Dai Llemmer

    It's been a busy few weeks in the run-up to the new university year. First, let's drop in again on Dr Dai Llemmer's v-c helpline to test the pulse of the nation's academic leaders, before turning to...

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  10. The right to shake hands

    Despite receiving proper support during his course, when it came to the degree ceremony, one young man found himself discriminated against. Martin Crick reports on a case with lessons for all...

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  13. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from an imperial tale: "The Spanish army and the court lay in Andalusia, at Santa Fe, a new white...

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