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  2. Come on, get (moderately) happy

    Louise Bimpson, the Corporate Director of our ever-expanding Human Resources department, has responded enthusiastically to a new book by Professor David Watson of the Institute of Education which...

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  3. 'Alpha-rated' but no cash - how crushing

    Martin Willis spotlights the dispiriting process of waiting to hear from funding bodies about unsuccessful bids, and highlights the lack of feedback from most of these bodies, in particular the...

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  4. New tricks 1

    I did not recognise the teaching accreditation "modulettes" that Thomas Docherty describes ("To provide teaching quality, we must get back to our roots", 9 July).Far from "demanding allegiance" to...

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  5. New tricks 2

    Kevin Sharpe's concern that academics are being forced to provide students with a diet of trite soundbite-style lectures is one that I have often heard and is a view with which I sympathise ("Teach...

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  6. New tricks 3

    Gordon Brown promises up to 10,000 extra university places to meet demand fuelled by recession and rising unemployment. Will this expansion be met by additional permanent posts for academic staff, or...

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  7. Sound treatment 1

    If you ask people what makes a good doctor, they will say good communication skills, empathy and trustworthiness. In the UK, such trust is earned by the display of values and attributes exemplified...

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  8. Sound treatment 2

    Your report featuring my views on the fitness-to-practise model outlined in the Academic Journal of Medicine contained some inaccuracies. While I agree with some initial points about "professionalism...

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  9. Truly know thyself

    I'm not sure what George Watson was trying to say about the study of English literature - something about it being a vehicle for self-knowledge ("The war of the canon", 16 July).By all means promote...

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  10. Noise pollution

    Sorry to poop Paul Chapman's paramotoring party, but it takes the biscuit for selfishness ("Off-piste", 16 July). He cannot have spared a thought for those beneath him, including many seeking quiet...

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  11. Rules of engagement

    Echoing The Poppletonian (9 July), the first rule of sandpit is communicate; the second rule is re-read the first rule. As a veteran of four sandpits, this communication can vary from competitive...

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  12. Still hopeful

    At the risk of resembling the sad man in William Congreve's The Way of the World who leaves messages for himself at the coffee house, I'd like to point out that my gloomy response to Ron Barnett's...

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  13. Green banner unfurled

    Where better than the university to pioneer a more sustainable future ("When it comes to saving the environment, academics don't practise what they preach", 2 July)? If students graduate with no...

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  14. Mistaken identity

    In a recent story, I am cited as saying that Bill Brewer of the University of Warwick is co-editing with me a collection of essays on Ayn Rand's thought ("Ayn Rand revival gathers pace in US...

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  15. No lack of support

    As a taught and research postgraduate at Queen's University Belfast, I felt compelled to respond to your story, "Capacity 'wasted' amid radical cuts" (16 July).It is not my experience that academics...

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