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The staggeringly arrogantJattack on intelligent design (ID) by a cabal of zoologists suggests that, like most biologists, few of them have read any modern versions of ID (Opinion, December 9). Design...
The staggeringly arrogantJattack on intelligent design (ID) by a cabal of zoologists suggests that, like most biologists, few of them have read any modern versions of ID (Opinion, December 9). Design...
I share your respondents' distaste for intelligent design and their dismay that it should be taught in schools. But one of your contributors stated that "evolution has stood the test of time". If he...
I'm not a creationist (presumably by accident rather than by design) but I think I recognise an appeal to a community's sacred scripture when I hear it. "As Karl Popper tells us, if you can't prove...
In his review of Michael Ruse's The Evolution-Creation Struggle , Harry Collins makes a number of incisive points (Books, December 9). But he takes Richard Dawkins to task for his excessive "...
Your leader claims that unions are "predating" negotiations with "belligerent noises" when there is an opportunity for a "fresh start" with the advent of the University and College Union ("Unity...
Evidently Gary Day has much to learn about cycling (Columnist, December 9). He should discard the drooping coat that gets entangled in his bicycle and invest in some cycling attire that is fit for...
Is University College London really planning to leave half of its staff out of the next research assessment exercise ("UCL memo 'expects' 3*s", December 9)? In the 2001 RAE roughly half the research...
As someone who worked in the National Health Service for 23 years before joining the higher education sector, I disagree with Pat Rattigan's Malthusian view that "the nation's health has deteriorated...
Thanks to Harriet Swain (Working Knowledge, December 2), I now know how to go about preparing exam papers. Read article on exam preparation: five minutes. Reread last year's exam to refresh memory:...
A fierce row has erupted in the US between a maverick scholar and a legal giant. Mandy Garner reports on allegations of plagiarism and anti-Semitism If you were asked to picture the scene evoked by...
Homeland security studies are seeing red-hot growth as America's new Cold War hits campus. Stephen Phillips meets the field's ex-military linchpins Role-playing isn't commonplace in postgraduate...
There's far more to society's most maligned garment than just youthful rebellion, argues Nigel Barley Smash facist hoodie ban!" It is scrawled on a wall round the corner from University College...
Keekok Lee and Mary Searle-Chatterjee ask if women should be allowed to cover up in class An international bank asks you to write a reference for a student in your seminar group. You hesitate. Her...
Euan Nisbet joins the band of dedicated experts who monitor the Earth's lungs, while Andrew Goudie considers life's bleak future in a warming world The parties to the Kyoto Protocol met in Montreal,...
London, 14 Dec 2005 Inmarsat to run Galileo's network operations arm Inmarsat will play a key role in one of Europe's largest industrial projects, the construction of a global satellite navigation...