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  2. Defying gravitas

    The Poppletonian revisits the question of tone of voice but fails to add gravitas to the discussion (“Nothing to laugh about!”, 16 April). Going forward and beyond tone of voice will be designated by...

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  3. Practical philosophy

    A number of universities would like to make the accomplishments of female philosophers not only more widely known but also elevated to “role model status” to help to resolve a gender crisis in the...

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  4. Local knowledge transfer

    It is interesting that students at universities in the US are working as consultants for businesses (“Cut-price advice from campuses”, News, 16 April). I run a group called the Kent IT Consultancy (...

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  5. More field promotion

    In the midst of rapid environmental change and dwindling habitats, there is an increasing need for identifying wild species in the field, and these skills are under-represented in modern biology...

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  6. The personal pitch

    As a constituent in Oxford West and Abingdon, I was interested in the review by Danny Dorling of Emma Crewe’s The House of Commons: An Anthropology of MPs at Work (Books, 16 April).I didn’t vote for...

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  7. For the greater good

    The letter to the Irish Times signed by more than 900 scientists that warns of the costs of focusing research funds on business-led priorities is a commendable initiative (“Irish science ‘apartheid’...

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  8. Fear of the light

    Cable Green, director of global learning at Creative Commons, says that spending public money on higher education resources that cannot be shared openly borders on being “immoral and unethical” (“...

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  9. Fundamental support

    The article by a lecturer about not disclosing her mental illness was excellent (“Illness: I keep mine hidden”, Opinion, 16 April). I find it a privilege to do interesting research and to have the...

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  10. Hate the sin, not the sinner

    It’s good to see Nick Hillman of the Higher Education Policy Institute responding to my letter (“It’s not pure open access or bust”, Letters, 16 April). But it’s a shame that his response is so...

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  11. Fair representation

    Recent research reported in Times Higher Education shows that the students’ union “officer class” is lacking in diversity (“The student officer class still stands too far apart”, News, 16 April). But...

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  12. What IP means to students

    The thought-provoking article on university intellectual property policies (“‘Huge amounts of confusion’ over IP rights”, News, 16 April) resonates with a research project currently being undertaken...

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