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  1. Time for interaction 1

    I read Bruce Charlton's article (Opinion, November 2) just after having politely declined a request to place all my lecture notes on Blackboard just because colleagues who teach on the students'...

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  2. Time for interaction 2

    My daughter is in the first year of a joint-honours degree at Manchester University studying a modern language and English. Her contact time for English is two hours a week - a lecture and a seminar...

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  3. No freedom lost

    In their comments on what lessons might be drawn from the Frank Ellis case, Dennis Hayes and Gargi Bhatta-charyya ("What were the lessons learnt from the case of Frank Ellis?", November 2) are...

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  4. Research realities

    Why is it that no one seems prepared to challenge the quantity and quality of research funded in the UK? Bar that done in elite institutions, most research has little impact on the progress of human...

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  5. Uncle Sam still popular

    I read the article on 2006 entry figures ("Ucas data give hope to troubled subjects", October ) with some alarm but also some scepticism. While one cannot argue with raw data that show an apparent...

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  6. Pay for part-timers

    Diana Green correctly observed ("V-cs urge more state support for cash-strapped part-timers", October ) that the Government "has not moved on from the myth that the only way to study is the full-time...

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  7. Loss of learning

    There are several flaws in Dimitra Koutsantoni's letter (November 2). First, I am not an academic in a secure job - I have had part-time, fixed-term jobs since being made redundant. Second, I do...

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  8. Survey is sound

    Your article "'Vocal minority' could ruin faculty reputations" (November 2) asserts that just 20 students could make or break the reputation of courses under proposed reforms to the National Student...

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  9. Less rigid regime

    Alan Ryan (Columnist, November 2) talks of how students would "suffer atrociously" if lower grades from disadvantaged students were considered equivalent to A grades of the advantaged. But, if we are...

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  10. Aide sought. Robust toes are a must

    As Stephen Hawking seeks a new graduate assistant, previous incumbents tell Anna Fazackerley that the job is exhilarating, exasperating and the stuff of killer dinner party stories. Julian Luttrell...

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  11. A chip off Mother Nature's own hard drive

    In using DNA to build nanocomputers, synthetic biologists are posing questions about the very notion of computation and of life itself, says Martyn Amos. Possibly the most unusual reviewing...

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  12. Buzz of the chase

    A former US detective and an evolutionary biologist have got a handful of bees to help the police with inquiries into serial crimes. Geoff Watts joins the investigation. There is a faint apian hum in...

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  13. A free-floating captain salvaging sunken past

    Michael North meets the underwater archaeologist who discovered the legendary lost Egyptian city of Heracleion. It was an almost 2m-high stele, black granite, absolutely intact," says Franck Goddio,...

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  14. Research notes

    Name : Aylish Campbell. Position : Trainee clinical psychologist. Age : . What is the nature of your research? My research is about the experience of hearing voices, which has often been viewed as...

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  15. Pop idols and whale penises... it's a sellout

    Extracurricular lectures are a hit with curious academics, who seek out novelty and ideas as well as star speakers. Olga Wojtas reports. After a hard day's lecturing, it seems academics like nothing...

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