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  1. Releasing research 1

    The article about publishers delaying access by journalists to research results ("We ought to get all findings out fast", August 31) neglected the viewpoint of a major interest group. Like nearly all...

    #Letters

  2. Releasing research 2

    Have those complaining about the tyranny of research read their contracts? A usual academic contract specifies about 40 per cent of time to be spent on teaching, 40 per cent on research and the rest...

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  3. Names aren't problem

    Kevin McCarron ("You don't need to know a name to teach a student", August 31) is wrong to think memorising student names interferes with the ability to teach. Worthless staff development programmes...

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  4. Don't lose your head

    As a recently appointed head of department, I found the story reporting that heads are taking on the role to get more time for their research rather disturbing ("Headed for frustration", August 31)....

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  5. Cutting-edge degrees

    Liz McDowell is reported as questioning the relevance in this day and age of grading students ("Don't weed out, help students blossom", September 7) and substantiates her argument by quoting non-...

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  6. The new bohemia and why we must save it

    London's vibrant cultural scene is also a multibillion-pound industry, but its survival is under threat as rising living costs break up the communities that power it, argues Elizabeth Currid. Among...

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  7. Natural attractions and convivial conversation

    Cambridge University - and the surrounding countryside - recently played host to a unique inter-disciplinary event that explored humans' relationship with the natural world. Leo Mellor reports...

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  8. 'None of us fits into neat little boxes'

    Individuals who have been helped (or not) by social services aid in enlightening and assessing trainee social workers at Hertfordshire. Jak Peake reports It is Tuesday morning, and I am joining a...

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  9. Core, what a scorcher - style 3

    The new temperature is about as hot as the Sun's surface and the team from University College London believe their figure is the most accurate yet achieved.Volcanoes reveal the Earth's internal...

  10. Moon burial for geologist - style 2

    US geologist Gene Shoemaker, killed in a 1997 car crash in ߣߣÊÓƵ, is soon to become the first person to be buried on another planet.

  11. Seismic Threat to World Outlined style 1

    After nearly a decade of work, an international team of earthquake scientists has produced the first estimates of seismic hazard levels for the entire world.At a meeting of the American Geophysical...

  12. Asteroid makes close approach

    Astronomers have tracked a large asteroid moving close to Earth.The 45-metre-wide (150 feet) space rock, travelling at more than 30 kilometres (18 miles) per second, came within 480,000 kilometres (...

  13. Fossett sought via Google Earth + inline image

    Mr Fossett went missing on 3 September after taking off in his single-engine Citabria aircraft from the Flying M Ranch near Yerington, Nevada. The trip was supposed to last a maximum of three hours....

  15. Moray Eels Grab Prey With "Alien" Jaws

    Much like the fearsome star of the Alien movies, moray eels have a second set of toothed jaws that drag prey into their throats, a new study has found.In a series of experiments, scientists at the...