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  1. Quality consideration 1

    Whatever the merits or otherwise of metrics in research assessment, if it results in greater concentration of funding ("Treasury focus on top 10", October 13), this is sufficient in itself to reject...

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  2. Quality consideration 2

    Gill Howie is right to raise the question of equal opportunities in relation to the future assessment of research ("Government models 'disastrous'", October 13). It is not the Equality Challenge Unit...

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  3. Quality consideration 3

    Paul Taylor illustrated his condemnation of the research assessment exercise with evidence from The Times Higher's table of top universities (Opinion, October 13). He points out that the UK (...

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  4. Get the right ratio

    "Workloads go through roof" (October 6) painted an inaccurate picture of the student-to-staff ratio at University of the Arts London. The figures used were based on Higher Education Statistics Agency...

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  5. More to life than life? 1

    I'm looking forward to reading The Goldilocks Enigma (Features, October 13), but I do hope that Paul Davies gives as much attention to the porridge as he does to Goldilocks. However "just right" the...

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  6. More to life than life? 2

    Paul Davies's question "why is the universe just right for life?" is misconceived. The Earth has been suited to the maintenance of life for several billion years. But all its multifarious life forms...

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  7. No censorship

    Far from censoring criticism of course quality ("Exam feedback skewed", October 13), institutions were providing information on external examiners in the required format. This does not ask for detail...

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  8. International English

    Felipe Fernández-Armesto's argument contains something of a contradiction (Opinion, October 13). On the one hand, he praises the English spoken by the Dutch in Leiden for its greater "respect for...

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  9. Languages not lost

    Cambridge University has not abandoned the teaching of Sanskrit and Hindi within the university ("Hindi axed as PM honoured", October 13) Sanskrit will continue to be taught to undergraduates reading...

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  10. Heads or tails?

    The Poppleton University approach to deciding on degree classifications by the tossing of a coin (Laurie Taylor, October 6) is of course entirely proper - save for one crucial factor that the...

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  11. Sartre and Plato with a dash of Derrida...

    Those are the key ingredients of Alain Badiou's philosophical cocktail, which is shaking the foundations of Western liberal democracy. Jennifer Wallace meets the abstract outsider thrust to the front...

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  12. For cyberwriters, a lyrical link

    The classic essay form may seem musty to students, but far from being dead, it is poised to gain a second life in the blogosphere, argues Sven Birkerts The academic year is under way, and the grim...

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  13. A story for all nations

    Imagination does more to drive jingoism than political scheming, the author of the pre-eminent text on nationalism tells Huw Richards It would be an exaggeration to say that Benedict Anderson is...

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  14. Do you catch a delicate whiff of snake oil?

    We might dislike it, but we must take a lot of what we learn on trust - just keep a pinch of salt handy, says Simon Blackburn Whatever else Tony Blair's cherished legacy may be, few predict that it...

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  15. Come-hither eyes...and some impressive publications

    Research leads some academics to romance, but how do husband-and-wife teams balance their work lives and love lives? wonders Harriet Swain Early in Chris Moulin's first postdoctoral job he was taken...

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