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  1. In brief

    It is a truth universally acknowledged that the addition of resources, made possibly by the lottery, for personnel and facilities, is responsible for our revolutionary improvement in Olympic...

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  2. In brief

    I was delighted to see the picture of my colleague David Howe on your back page ("Running man..." THES, September 29). However, I must point out to your caption writer that David is not a cerebral...

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  3. In brief

    Thank-you for publishing our letter on the summer schools initiative (Letters, THES, September 29). For the record, the (recently established) Institute for Policy Studies in Education is not...

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  4. Nobel causes

    Lord Briggs gets it spectacularly wrong when he writes that in 1907 Rudyard Kipling became the second British Nobel prizewinner ("Small prize for man, a giant leap for mankind", THES, September 29)....

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  5. Nobel causes

    I suppose I could be a bit gender-sensitive, but, um, haven't a few more women been awarded a Nobel prize? Only one was mentioned - what about Aung Sang Suu Kyi? All ten of the portraits of award-...

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  6. Ipswich airbrushed

    I read the article on the University of Queensland's new hi-tech Ipswich campus ("Campus plugged into heart of city life", THES, September 29) with growing incredulity. Ageing movie stars often have...

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  7. There's room for improvement

    Performance indicators may be welcome, but interpret them with care, warns John Brooks Measurement of performance exists in almost every aspect of our day-to-day life - in sport, society, business...

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  8. Why I ...believe poetry deserves more than one day

    Peter McDonald Tutor in poetry Christ Church, Oxford As National Poetry Day passes for another year, anyone whose business is the teaching of poetry might be forgiven for feeling a little jaded. In...

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  9. Fish answer call of cod

    Training fish to returnto a sound may solve the problems of dwindling sea stocks, environmental damage and taste. Geoff Watts reports. As a way of harvesting protein, commercial fishing has its...

  10. Cutting edge

    The first few weeks as a university fresher can be traumatic. But does the union bar offer companionship or greater isolation? This is the time when many new students will be drinking more than usual...

  11. The reason why sir goes extracurricular

    The high divorce rate among male secondary school teachers and professors is an age-old occupational hazard. Raj Persaud reports on the effects of exposure to female students. Sociologists at Indiana...

  12. Share well to fare well in the quality stakes

    Cooperate to make the best use of resources, EU commissioner tells members. Jane Marshall reports. European Union member states should make their large research installations more open to researchers...

  13. Getting a grant: have you got the 'write stuff'?

    A successful grant application involves time, effort and a good idea. Paul Wymer writes. As well as being demonstrably "the right stuff" in their own field of activity, academics must also be...

  14. Take your lab to the sample

    Something the size of a stamp can monitor the oceans, Giselle Weiss reports. David Barrow fishes in his shirt pocket for a sliver of clear plastic the size of a postage stamp. What look like rows of...

  15. Sources of research funding

    Each week we list funds available for researchers.Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk ALCOHOL EDUCATIONAND RESEARCH COUNCIL www.aerc.org.uk Research and Action Project...