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  2. Corrosive impact merits only dismissal (1 of 2)

    Two years ago in this publication ("Modest revolt to save research from red tape", Letters, 12 February 2009), we wrote to express our concern with the research councils' new initiative now known as...

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  3. Corrosive impact merits only dismissal (2 of 2)

    So the Arts and Humanities Research Council claims to have voluntarily added the "Big Society" to its research themes ("Delete 'Big Society': email protest presses AHRC to drop Tory mantra", 7 April...

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  4. A proportionate response (1 of 2)

    Michael Pinto-Duschinsky needs to get a sense of proportion about conflicts of interest (Letters, 7 April). If I had recently applied for, or were currently in receipt of a grant from the Toepfer...

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  5. A proportionate response (2 of 2)

    Paul G. Ellis (Letters, 17 March) wrongly surmises that I do not know the difference between slaked lime and quicklime. The statement that supplies to the Lódz ghetto administration by Alfred Toepfer...

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  6. Command and controls (1 of 2)

    Mike Goldstein (Letters, 7 April) sensibly asks, "what about the public interest?" in the future governance of English universities. But what is the appropriate ambit of that future "public interest...

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  7. Command and controls (2 of 2)

    In view of the possible implications for the quality of the student experience of decisions made by governing bodies ("Old boys and girls should be handed the boardroom keys", 31 March), it is...

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  8. Keep Rossetti in the picture

    Two articles by Matthew Reisz draw welcome attention to excellent Victorian art exhibitions, but neither does Dante Gabriel Rossetti justice.To say that none of Rossetti's paintings comes close to...

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  9. Independently stealthy

    We must thank Thomas Docherty for reminding us just how ignorant ministers are about the powers of the Office for Fair Access ("Rethink funding 'mess' to achieve democratic and wide participation,"...

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  10. Same fees, more help

    It is not the case that "lower fees have been proposed" for students resident in Wales who study at Welsh universities ("Underlying disorders", 7 April). Subject to the Higher Education Funding...

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  11. Why minds don't meet

    Jon Nixon asks why academics are "not guiding their personal tutees on at least a weekly basis through the intricacies of academic choice and those relating to social well-being" (Letters, 7 April)....

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  12. Give jaw-jaw a chance

    While I fully accept Tom Hickey's arguments about the unfair and significant losses that university employers seek to inflict on staff by their hard line on changes to the Universities Superannuation...

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  13. Plate-glass perils

    To Salford's Sue Powell ("Staines has fallen", Letters, 7 April), surely aiming brickbats at "philistines" is an ill-advised activity for senior academics living in plate-glass universities?Anthony...

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  14. A starring role beckons

    As the student experience becomes more crucial to universities' survival, administrators see a chance to step out of their supporting parts. John Morgan examines how their positions may expand and...

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  15. Rising in the East

    Fifty years ago this week, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin fulfilled humanity's ancient dream by ascending into the heavens. Colin Pillinger considers the First Cosmonaut's space odyssey and the...

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