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  1. Royal Society role in GM debate

    Tom Wakeford suggests that the British Association for the Advancement of Science rejected his article for Science and Public Affairs on the grounds that we did not want to upset the Royal Society...

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  2. Royal Society role in GM debate

    During a period of high emotion over GM technology, the Royal Society has consistently called for balanced and responsible argument based on scientific evidence. We are not pro-GM. We are in favour...

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  3. Research defended

    Those angry responses (Readers' reactions, THES, March 24) to my article in the previous week's issue (Soapbox, THES, March 17) warrant brief comment. The foremost issue involves the research I have...

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  4. Derby and Israel

    You have twice referred to me personally in your "Whistleblowers" column (THES, March 17 and 24) in relation to events purported to have occurred in October 1997. The references were based on an...

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  5. Playing by the rules

    Andrew Pakes is entirely wrong in saying Leeds United football club should suspend immediately the two players charged in connection with what police consider to be a racially motivated assault on a...

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  6. Playing by the rules

    Leeds United should be praised for upholding the principle of "innocent until proven guilty". The case of Cantona was very different. When he appeared to carry out a kung-fu attack on a fan in front...

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  7. Who gets access funds

    You report that a student of the University of Southampton alleges she was told that access funds were "only for people like single mums with three kids" ("Siblings in High Court fee fight", THES,...

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  8. Full English breakfast

    As a keen advocate of evidence-based policy I was gratified to read that my country needs me, and that "the government wants to listen to what is coming out of the universities" ("Blair's capital...

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  9. In brief

    The Birkbeck statistics from 1997 quoted by Alison Goddard ("Swapping the ghetto for the gown", THES, March 17) are, as the Higher Education Funding Council for England table shows, based on a small...

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  10. In brief

    I was surprised and saddened to note that the Arts and Humanities Research Board is advertising a senior post with the title "chairman". It would appear that one of our foremost research...

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  11. Cherry-picking instead of improving for all

    Access to the legal profession looks set to become even more exclusive - we urgently need a new blueprint, says Nigel Savage Legal education is in turmoil. The recent decision by eight City law firms...

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  13. Feelgood is no good

    Universities must set targets for promoting under-represented staff, says Gargi Bhattacharyya The phone rings on a weary Friday afternoon: "Quotas - what do you think about quotas? Are you in favour...

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  14. Grid to supersede internet

    Alison Goddard reports on a powerful successor to the net being developed by British scientists. British scientists are developing a successor to the internet that will give researchers access not...

  15. Lasting salty solution

    Liquid salts used as solvents could revolutionise industrial processes. Geoff Watts looks at work on the reusable, green alternative. Leave the top off a jar, barrel or tank of dry-cleaning fluid,...