Shameful stance
"To challenge a tutor is brave act" ran the headline on your letters page last week (March 9). So is blowing yourself up, but the people are still self-righteous fanatics. The harassment of David...
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Language alliance
You report that Russell Group universities are increasingly becoming the major providers of single honours language programmes ("Study deserts blight UK", February 9), and this is a likely...
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Skills snapshot
There has been a great deal of discussion on the content and importance of research degree programmes. But since a "snapshot of work" has revealed that they are "particularly good in transferable...
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But what of Wales?
I turned eagerly to Vernon Bogdanor's review of The Nations of Britain by Christopher Bryant (Books, March 9), hoping at last to read something about Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in a...
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Openly confused
"EU mulls open-source edict" (March 2) contains significant misuse of terminology. "Open source" means software where the source code is available for inspection, amendment and recompilation. "Open...
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We have the power
I am concerned that some misconceptions may be leading the Government to overlook a source of clean energy with great potential for the UK and the rest of Europe. I refer to concentrating solar power...
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Words and wisdom
"Philosophy through the prism of literature", as Martin Amis has it in your profile ("Succeeded as a writer, now time for plan B", February 23), isn't enough for creativity and telling perceptive...
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Major Research Fellowships
Deadline: 04/05/2007
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Next Generation Facility Users
Deadline: 03/05/2007
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Astronomy Research Grants
Deadline: 05/06/2007
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No one should have to suffer abuse in silence
Student misconduct and incivility can make campus life a misery. We must all help halt it, says Deborah Lee "Students have walked past the front of my house shouting at me.. I don't like the idea of...
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Alison Wolf
Do you fancy an Ann Summers party, in term time, with a little help from the taxpayer? Dream on, obviously, for the men; but for the rest of us, it seems, you just need to pick the right university....
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Zoology is the latest victim of audit culture
When a biologist cannot describe the differences between a snake and an earthworm, we know we're in trouble, warns Ken Bowler There is an old joke among zoologists that today's universities produce...
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Undimmed ambition
John Hood, vice-chancellor of Oxford University, is a contender for Sir Richard Sykes's Imperial crown, Peep hears. Sir Richard is set to leave Imperial College London in summer 2008, and the...
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Osama is alive, but Elvis...
Universities are forever lamenting the lack of funding for higher education, and most are trying to emulate the US model of tapping their alumni. Some have enlisted the services of a Nottingham-based...