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  1. Bodleian road to renewal or ruin? 4

    So which was the April fool last week? Oxford proposing to carve up the Bodleian? Or the sociology professor who thinks six pages enough to summarise Plato's Republic (Letters, April 1)? Or the...

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  2. Out of this world 1

    Jocelyn Prudence of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association believes that "expertise" in the management of human resources in higher education has "improved substantially" ("£600m for...

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  3. Out of this world 2

    To suggest that £600 million has been "frittered away" on the rewarding and developing staff (RDS) scheme is insulting and inaccurate. RDS was always, and remains, about recruiting, retaining and...

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  4. Out of this world 3

    I recently received, for information, a 20-page job description for a tutor to cover maternity leave. Need I say more? Lewis Elton University College London

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  5. What crisis?

    Your article "Top pair quit academy" (April 1) gave a misleading picture of the Academy of Social Sciences. Contrary to the report, we now have a surplus of £50,000 and the prospect of a respectable...

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  6. Study spoiler 1

    Contrary to the views of Des Browne, the Immigration Minister ("Hike in visa cost will not deter foreign students", April 1), the National Union of Students believes that government policies will...

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  7. Study spoiler 2

    Des Browne's assertion that increases in visa extension charges for overseas students are to cover costs is not borne out by the figures. The operating costs of the General Group - which administers...

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  8. Critical thinking

    I share Gary Day's frustration with the rise of fundamentalism among university students (Opinion, April 1). But I believe he has misdiagnosed the problem. In my experience, students of mathematics...

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  9. Random justice 1

    How quaint to see Whig history flourishing among anthropologists at Cambridge ("Peer power in a costume drama", April 1). Alan Macfarlane neglects to mention how punitive the English legal system was...

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  10. Random justice 2

    France and Germany both have trial by jury as defined by Alan Macfarlane: citizens chosen at random whom the state has to convince of the defendant's guilt. The main difference compared with the UK...

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  11. How will history judge Horatio Nelson?

    Has history been too kind to Lord Nelson? Andrew Lambert and June Purvis fire salvos for each side. ANDREW LAMBERT Whether we like it or not, Horatio Nelson remains central to our national image. He...

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  12. Changing of the old guards

    As the first female porter joins Jesus College Adrian Mourby and Mandy Garner look at how the role has evolved. Helen Stephens had an epiphany at the age of 40. Tired of the "corporate life", of...

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  13. Mimic, missionary and a master of media spin

    As Tony Blair begins his campaign to win a third term at No 10, John Gray asks what, if anything, the Prime Minister has achieved in his first two and considers whether hubris has cost Blair his...

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  14. On the rocks in every way

    Drinking has long been an element of the scholarly life, but is alcohol addiction among academics increasing as their workload rises? Anna Fazackerley reports on a delicate subject. An academic...

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