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  4. Our lives written in the genes

    In the mid-1990s, geneticist Dean Hamer's claim to have isolated a "gay gene" earned world headlines. Now Hamer, chief of gene structure and regulation at the United States National Cancer Institute...

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  5. Silent fears of society's cancer

    According to sociologist Frank Furedi at the University of Kent, the history of racism in the 20th century can best be described as "a silent war". His new book provides a critical account of the...

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  6. More than a whiff of corruption

    Domenico Pacitti's experience is emblematic of the disease that afflicts Italian universities. Merit has no place in a feudal patriarchy poorly disguised as a modern liberal democracy. Education...

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  7. More than a whiff of corruption

    DO THE the Italian university authorities really think that by decentralising the selection procedure (concorsi) for academic posts in their country the entire system's endemic nepotism will be "...

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  8. Sokal and charlatans

    THANK you for airing the Sokal debate (THES, October 10 and July 10), but it is dispiriting to read the rebuffs. The charge of scientific nonsense in the writings of Lacan, Latour, Kristeva and...

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  9. A cash boost for everyone

    Last week's THES reporting of the government's statement on more investment in higher education managed to be both inaccurate and dispiriting. We will not build a successful future for higher...

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  10. New wing for the temple of literature

    Elaine Showalter, president of the Modern Language Association, describes moves to solve the United States jobs crisis in the humanities For most British academics the American "MLA" means the annual...

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  11. Museums cash review

    "In Brief" (THES, July 10) may have misled readers in stating that the Museums and Galleries Commission wants local education authorities to fund museums for services to schools and colleges. This is...

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  12. Campaigning v-cs push for a new deal

    Welcome spending spree. Universities, science and further education say what more money will mean THE government's decision to direct new funds to higher education following its comprehensive...

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  13. Real money to close Britain's skills gap

    Welcome spending spree. Universities, science and further education say what more money will mean FEW working in post-compulsory education can begrudge further education a decent share of the...

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  14. Happy landing at Britain's science base

    Welcome spending spree. Universities, science and further education say what more money will mean NOW we know. The government's Pounds 1 billion for the science base, adding the research and funding...

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  15. A twist in Estonia's history

    IN AN age of global markets, it is well to recall that the university is the greatest "export package" of all. No sooner were they established in a few important cities of the 12th century than...

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