Costly free speech 1
I don't demur at Alison Wolf's defence of free speech but I'd add two things (Opinion, April 15). The first is that in a country that decided that Negroes were biologically intended for slavery, and...
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Costly free speech 2
I think Alison Wolf is being a little disingenuous if she expects us to believe that remarks made at a conference by the head of the world's richest and most influential university should be compared...
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Not-long commitment
The Leeds University advert for a head for a new Lifelong Learning Centre must surely be a belated April Fool's joke (Classified, April 8). It refers to "a strong commitment to lifelong learning and...
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Not current currency
It's encouraging to read that our long-abandoned unit of currency, the shilling, lives on in Israel ("Israel agrees on £38m of funds and new institution", April 15). It's even more encouraging to see...
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Economists in the mix
There is some truth in Nick Pearce's complaint about social scientists' reluctance to get involved in public policy-making ("Mix in with mandarins", April 15), but I'm not sure it applies to...
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Written in the stars?
Steve Cushion is spot-on when he points out that life is far from normal at London Metropolitan University, contrary to the assertion of vice-chancellor Brian Roper (Letters, April 15). What staff...
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Case of costs
It would be strange if, as Steven Schwartz claims (Letters, April 15), the Employment Appeal Tribunal had awarded costs to Brunel University in the Gurdish Webster case, since it found in favour of...
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Universally strange
Cosmologists face a daunting task in selecting one out of the possible 10¹ºº different flavours of string theory to apply to our universe (Joseph Silk's review of Parallel Worlds , Books, April 15)....
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Alienated theory
In his otherwise excellent article describing the work of Fred Hoyle (Features, April 15), Simon Mitton ignores the late astronomer's remarkable contribution to our understanding of the origin of...
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Single and strong
We Association of University Teachers' activists wish to state our personal support for the proposed amalgamation of AUT and Natfhe. Last year, members of both unions mandated their executives to...
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Role-playing
Keith Flett asks if June Purvis is the enthusiastic cheerleader for Tony Blair (Letters, April 15). Could this be the same Flett who is press officer for the Socialist Workers Party? Norman Price...
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Spot the endangered species...
...here's a hint: it has just two legs and is often found looking down a microscope at a specimen. Geoff Watts investigates the catastrophic population crash of the British beetle taxonomist There's...
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Here lieth the delights of pity, shame and rapture
Literature and theatre can instil a sense of morality, especially in young minds, says Philip Pullman. But this 'school of morals' is in danger of being dragged down by strong cultural currents,...
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Today's special? Snacks for one
Once, the collegiate lunch was as much about feeding minds as bellies. Now fast food is the only thing on the menu and most dons would rather eat at their desks. Harriet Swain investigates Amushroom...
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Now driven to destruction,our green and pleasant land
Fifty years ago, W.G. Hoskins opened the eyes of scholars to beauty and history in the forms of the countryside. Trevor Rowley says he would have hated what has happened since In 1953, W.G. Hoskins...