Good timing
With reference to your article "Scottish head pay control would avoid 'fat cat' slur" (2 February), it might be worth noting the felicitous coincidence of the publication of the review of Scottish...
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High price to pay
Our current source of helium is the alpha decay of uranium and its daughter radioisotopes in the rocks of oil and gas fields ("Compound the error", Letters, 26 January, and "For He, just add...
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Film review: The Woman in Black
Will Brooker is disappointed by an old-fashioned ghost tale that lacks the spirit of its superior source
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TV review: Protecting Our Children: Damned If They Do, Damned If They Don't
Social workers are much maligned, says Gary Day, but all they do is try to help those who need it most
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Janet Folkes, 1959-2012
Both as an engineer and a world record-breaking balloonist, Janet Folkes was a high-flyer.Born on 20 July 1959, Dr Folkes grew up in Nottingham and studied at the University College of Wales...
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Fees iniquity offers firms an opportunity
As per your coverage, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has published its annual figures on applications grouped by subject and region ("Crisis, what crisis? Fall in applicants meets...
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Stuck on the sidelines
The University and College Union's decision to suspend its industrial action while negotiations take place over the Universities Superannuation Scheme in the pre-1992 sector is unwelcome. While the...
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Whole new ballgame
Regarding your recent news story, "Double bind and binary line menace for Welsh post-92s" (2 February): may I add the following important elements to the picture presented by the article?• The...
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Appointments
University for the Creative ArtsMagdalene OdundoA renowned potter has been made a patron of the National Society for Education in Art and Design. Magdalene Odundo, professor of ceramics at the...
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Odds and quads
The largest ever donation of material to the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library came, somewhat surprisingly, from a Chicago ragtime pianist.
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Research intelligence - REF, get set and go, final rules in hand
As 2014 race begins, reports Paul Jump, maternity provision is the only big change from draft document
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Lucian Freud Portraits
The unflinching, fleshy landscapes of Lucian Freud's intensely powerful works are a feast for the senses, argues Alex Danchev
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Leader: Seeing red over Green blindness
The immigration minister's aversion to the evidence for the value of foreign students sadly sums up Home Office attitudes
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From where I sit - Cultural revolutions
As the Year of the Dragon begins, many Chinese university graduates have decided to return to major cities: the very cities they previously fled for their home towns because of cut-throat competition...
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