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  1. The humanities code (2 of 2)

    Congratulations to Jay Kennedy for attracting Hollywood's attention with his work on musical patterns in Plato. I hereby inform the studios that I have found in the Browne Review signs of madness,...

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  2. Non-native fluency

    Brian Bloch suggests that "non-native speakers are generally unable to write an acceptable level of English for academic purposes" ("Trips and falls of the tongue", 21 October).Putting aside...

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  3. In praise of praise

    You quote a lecturer complaining because a mature student sent them notes saying how brilliant they were ("Diaries of doom, gloom and anger", 4 November). What planet are they are living on? The...

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  4. Whistleblowers anonymous

    Academic freedom is deemed by the Hunt report to be one of the strengths of higher education in the Republic of Ireland ("Bad news travels slow", 4 November). Why, then, did the Irish academics who...

    #Letters

  7. From where I sit - Whither the vision of yesteryear?

    I've been looking for a way to describe the mood of my department this term, which is in the throes of implementing a much-contested revision to our curriculum, arrived at after three long years of...

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  8. What are you reading?

    A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

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  9. Off Piste - All together now...

    Robin Dunbar has to confess he never learned to play an instrument. But that doesn't stop him believing that music should be at the heart of education

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  10. Leader: Immovable feast of talent

    Global mobility in the academy's top ranks has been limited, but fresh perspectives could be vital in a shifting landscape

  11. It adds up to a dodgy deal

    Malcolm Gillies questions the maths behind the new student loan policy

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  12. Blogconfidential: Text offenders

    Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Text offenders

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    #Opinion

  13. Appointments

    Bryn MawrSusan SuttonA scholar who moved over to the "dark side" of university administration has been appointed senior adviser for international initiatives at her alma mater. Susan Sutton will join...

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  14. When in Madrid ..

    British worker ants are socially docile and "apathetic" compared with their "aggressive" Spanish relatives, researchers have found. Scientists from the University of Leicester discovered that the...