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  1. Poor intelligence 3

    Why is it that Geoffrey Sampson of the University of Sussex is under pressure to resign for publishing an article stating "there's nothing wrong with racism" and claiming that racism is "natural",...

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  2. Poor intelligence 2

    Would not the most appropriate reward for Geoffrey Sampson's contribution to scientific and cultural debates be promotion from a chair to a high chair? Malcolm Hardman University of Warwick

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  3. The borders of absurdity and fear

    The EU's ambivalent immigration policy is driven by national insecurity and concern for the welfare state, which the far right exploits, says Andrew Geddes. There are two immigration Europes. One...

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  4. Making it in a mass market

    Critics have called it a 'McUniversity', but Phoenix University, founded by John Sperling (right) could be the most significant provider of mass-education in the world. Stephen Phillips reports....

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  5. We're still skipping (working) class

    In the last in our Pushing 50 series, Alison Wolf suggests that attempts to widen participation in higher education need to focus on schoolchildren long before they embark on A-level study. In 1963,...

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  6. How the mouth took speech away from busy hands

    Did our language evolve from hand gestures, and did we talk our fellow hominids to death? Michael Corballis looks at the evidence. It seems natural to suppose, as Charles Darwin did, that human...

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  7. The cost of losing too many tongues

    Each language is a new map of the world, and our knowledge of the world shrinks when a language dies, writes Andrew Dalby. "Once upon a time," according to the biblical story of Babel, "all the world...

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  8. Silent letters from the past

    Despite some high-profile success stories, deciphering ancient scripts is a long and arduous process in which even the most advanced technology is of only limited use. Andrew Robinson reports. Fifty...

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  9. A tale of a language lost and then found

    A South African land claim led to a search for a native tongue not heard for 30 years. Chris Bunting picks up the trail. In 1974, the N|u language was declared extinct. It was the last of the ancient...

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  10. Learning for life

    The article on the appointment of Bob Galliers of the London School of Economics at Bentley College near Boston ("US college aims for UK overhaul", THES , May 17) suggests Bentley will "distinguish...

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  11. Gender stereotyping

    Pleased as I am with the publication of my article ("Nurses reach sisters online", WEM supplement, THES , May 17), I was disappointed by the gender stereotyping of the headline. Has your headline...

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  12. RAE failure verges on criminal 1

    May I add to the suspicion voiced by Colin Blakemore and Richard Morris of "a colossal failure on the part of Hefce to achieve comparability between panels" ("More join RAE lynch mob", THES , May 17...

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  13. RAE failure verges on criminal 2

    It is encouraging to see growing dissent towards the RAE within universities that have traditionally benefitted from it ("Boycott the behemoth", THES , May 17). Given the growing chorus of protest...

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  14. RAE failure verges on criminal 3

    It is not often that academics are tempted down from their towers to tiptoe to the edge of their territory for a little constructive engagement with their neighbours. The disgraceful RAE process...

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