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  2. Spirit levels

    Is this a godless age? No, say 'post-secularist' academics, who argue that the world outside the liberal West is 'furiously religious'. But such scholars overstate the number of believers, contends...

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  3. In theory, religion could go on and on

    It is not just the prayerful who can be religious; by scholarly definitions, they can include fans of football teams and celebrities, says Robert Segal

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  5. You may scoff, but our students won't

    Although it may seem presumptuous of one of those cursorily dismissed "poorer universities and colleges" to take issue with both Simon Blackburn and John Stuart Mill in one letter, might I suggest...

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  6. A noisome affair

    Martin Cohen's unpleasant review of my book Believing Bullshit ("Strong whiff of a weak argument", 21 July) begins: "Do you believe in God? Or even wonder if there might be a purpose to the universe...

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  7. Free thinkers will not apply

    The president of the British Academy astutely notes ("Reforms pose danger, but arts and humanities should prosper", 23 July) that the bulk of the White Paper is an attempt to address "issues" arising...

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  8. Joined-up nonsense

    Having read the joint statement from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, Research Councils UK and Universities UK on impact, published undated on the RCUK website, I wondered if Laurie...

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  9. Which way the whim blows

    As noted in "REF guidance sets up the starting blocks" (21 July), "if an output involves collaborators from more than one university, all institutions may submit it and panels will assess it on an '...

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  10. Risk-based risky business

    Roger King is right ("Safeguarding quality could soon become a very risky business", 21 July) to urge caution before the sector grabs the notion in the recent White Paper that some institutions might...

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  11. Architects of their own woes

    Responsibility for the problems in higher education may partly lie with some of the philosophies that prevail in the academic community itself. There is currently a lot of criticism of the...

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  12. Newman's evergreen truths

    "The secret to saving our universities" (14 July) reminded me of these lines from John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University."If then a practical end must be assigned to a university course, I say...

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  13. Far from ideal

    It may well be true that "Reading Aristotle can roll back the tide of relativism" (21 July), but I wonder how far Socrates and Plato can be pressed into service in the "struggle against subjectivism...

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  15. Film review: Poetry

    Duncan Wu considers how the quiet dignity of a veteran actress creates an impressive drama

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