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  1. United in song

    Moshe Gerstenhaber, in his letter commenting on the University World Rankings 2005, asks whether Israel is in Europe or in Australasia (Letters, November 18). The answer surely lies in the Eurovision...

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  2. PhD pressure

    The Arts and Humanities Research Council has finally confirmed an increase in the expected completion rate for PhD students awarded AHRC PhD awards (as it imposes penalties on those falling below the...

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  3. Good times long gone

    "Satisfactory" is not a very enthusiastic response to a work-life balance question ("Poll finds good morale", November 18); but notwithstanding the problems of such polls, there is a more serious...

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  4. Dropouts and funding 1

    In your leader of November 18 you set out the dilemmas that face us in widening participation and addressing concerns about students who fail to complete. The message behind the performance...

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  5. Dropouts and funding 2

    Your leader "Confronting the dropout cliches" endorses the view of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that teaching funding should be linked to the completion of modules rather than to longer periods of...

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  6. Artfully put

    Scientist David McAlpine may well be proud of his mastery of the intellectual rigour of the arts. So much so that he sees fit, in his letter on the C. P. Snow two cultures divide debate, to comment...

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  7. Advice unheeded

    The headline of your report of the ruling by the visitor in the case of Andy Terry is inaccurate ("Privy Council overturns ruling by complaints ombudsman", November 25). While the Privy Council could...

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  8. Uncle Joe's less obvious legacy to the oppressed

    Could Stalin possibly have been the instigator of the human rights movement? Andrew Puddephatt considers how the dictator might argue his case Interviewer: Mr Stalin, I understand that you are...

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  9. A smug smile at Blair's defeat

    Philip Cowley was told his book on Labour rebels was exaggerated. Now he's happy to say 'I told you so' If you object to smugness, dislike I-told-you-sos or believe, like St Augustine, that it is...

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  10. More than a billion people but where are the thinkers?

    Indian employers find it laughable that Gordon Brown considers their country a threat to the UK economy when most graduates they interview can't muster an original thought - but one man is hoping to...

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  11. Making of men of the moment

    Huw Richards asks old friends of the Tory leadership contenders what shaped the two men's ideologies Vernon Bogdanor, professor of government at Oxford University, vividly remembers his tutorials...

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  13. Passions run high as the joy of art is laid bare

    Our monthly guide to some of the conferences taking place around the world Harriet Swain discusses visual thrills with organisers of a conference that offers controversial bitesized ideas When...

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  14. Conference watch: December

    The symbolism of water in religion is one of the subjects of debate at the Water and Civilisation conference, organised by the Water History Association. Academics will discuss how particular water...

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  15. Instant expert: Cryptology and coding

    Tenth Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) International Conference of Cryptography and Coding, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, December 19-21. IMA members: £225 Non-members...

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