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  1. When tectonic plates of knowledge collide 1

    "The dogma delusion" (23 September) clearly shows that the main clashes that generate "science vs religion" headlines are between simplistic forms of science and simplistic interpretations of...

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  2. When tectonic plates of knowledge collide 2

    "The dogma delusion" is thoughtful and restrained. It might have been helpful, however, to consider the contribution of Karen Armstrong to the debate - as an ex-nun, and probably now an agnostic, she...

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  3. When tectonic plates of knowledge collide 3

    "More light, less heat: institutions look to strengthen lines of communication about religious issues on campus" (23 September) discusses a number of practical issues for higher education...

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  4. Islands worth the streams 1

    Dame Nancy Rothwell's argument is not surprising ("Islands of excellence should not drain funding streams", 16 September). Like other Russell Group universities that have always taken the largest...

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  5. Islands worth the streams 2

    I have been following the "islands of excellence" discussion with some interest. In essence, there seems to be an objection to the centres of research excellence springing up across the UK, as...

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  6. Egalitarian mix

    In her review of my book Multiculturalism: Some Inconvenient Truths (16 September), Marnia Lazreg makes some egregious misrepresentations. First, nowhere do I perceive Muslims as being beyond the...

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  7. NSS result: unsatisfactory

    We discover from the National Student Survey that the University of Brighton is the best place in the UK to do philosophy or philosophy and history. As tutors in the humanities here, we should be...

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  8. Monarchs in the mirror

    Clive Bloom argues that "the Tudors provide a dream of origination and harmony" ("The six wives and nine lives of Henry VIII", 23 September). He is right in that Tudor history has long provided us...

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  9. David Whitmarsh, 1950-2010

    A world authority on the economics of fisheries has died.David Whitmarsh was born in Plymouth on 17 February 1950 and educated at King's College in Taunton and the University of Exeter, where he...

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  10. Awards ceremony - here we come!

    "This is a timely and most welcome recognition of Poppleton University's distinctive contribution to UK higher education."That was the enthusiastic response of our vice-chancellor to the news that...

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  11. From where I sit - Free to succeed

    What is the recipe for making a world-class university? For such a complex endeavour, there is no simple or sure formula for success, but there are certain principles that I believe are of vital...

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  12. What are you reading?

    A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

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  14. Leader: What's sex got to do with it?

    That women fail to reach the top in numbers is not a consequence of biology but of bigotry, which all in the academy must fight

  15. Listen out for the impact

    UK research is not in decline, but to secure its future we need to spread the word about its benefits, says Alan Thorpe

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