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  1. REF isn't blind to reality (1 of 2)

    Miles Hewstone seems to think that the purpose of the research excellence framework is to produce a UK academic league table, whereas in fact it is an exercise in funding allocation and therefore...

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  2. REF isn't blind to reality (2 of 2)

    Excluding Greece from an assessment of the European Union economy, Heurelho Gomes from an evaluation of Tottenham Hotspur or poor performing companies from a trust portfolio appraisal is...

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  3. Credit rating complexities

    Much is made of a possible analogy between the case of Jules Hoffmann and Bruno Lemaitre and that of Selman Waksman and Albert Schatz ("Did Hoffmann take the Nobel for the team?", 22/29 December)....

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  4. Firm blow in title fight

    On 4 January, David Willetts "invited proposals for new types of university with a focus on science and technology and on postgraduates".This plan to allow what seem to be free-standing research...

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  5. Keen oversight

    I was reading your article on the University of Wales and its validation activities ("Boom and bust", 5 January) when my eye was drawn to a reference to the British Accreditation Council. I'd like to...

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  6. Missing missions

    Even though our economy is a small fraction of that of the US, the budgets of the National Science Foundation and Research Councils UK were more or less equal ($6 billion and £3 billion) as little as...

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  7. Sloppy KIS? Spare us

    Richard Partington is right ("Unregulated KIS data overload will baffle, not enlighten, students", 22/29 December). Of the many points he makes about Key Information Sets, there's an enduring...

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  8. Bleak USS midwinter

    Did readers see Universities Superannuation Scheme investment staff kissing Santa Claus? Their stockings were stuffed with bonuses (averaging £36,000) again this year. Clearly Santa hasn't heard of...

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