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  1. Cultural creationism

    Angela McRobbie recommends Judith Butler's new book, Frames of War, for its "clear thread of continuity" with her early work in Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter, but that is a damning indictment...

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  2. Greens need big pinch of salt

    I was dismayed to learn that People and Planet had given Times Higher Education incorrect data for the recently published Green League table ("How green is my tally?", 18 June).As a result, my...

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  3. Be honest about externals

    Problems relating to the role of external examiners are unlikely to be resolved easily, especially given the idea that universities are not replicas of each other, so a central body responsible for...

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  4. Protect our sources

    Alec Gill blithely assumes that the rest of the world is like his own niche ("Let's simplify referencing", 25 June). The author-date system is, for good reason, unknown in my field and in many other...

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  5. Logic trap

    The research councils assert that "excellent research without obvious or immediate impact will not be disadvantaged" ("Petition decries 'impact' agenda in research", 11 June). But funds are limited,...

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  6. Snobs should back off

    There is little connection between undergraduate and postgraduate success ("Masters for less than high-flyers", 18 June).Poor performance at undergraduate level spurred me on to undertake the further...

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  7. First among equals

    Ruskin College, Oxford has run a successful MA in public history since 1996 ("Learn to tell history with a popular touch", 25 June). The assertion that the MA in public history at Royal Holloway,...

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  8. Age concern

    Am I the only person who has noticed that Keith Ponting is still only 30, despite being that age since the start of May last year?Roland Ibbett, Emeritus professor of computer science, Edinburgh.

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  9. No más

    I thank David Roberts for his response (Letters, 25 June). Case rested.Michael W. Thomas, Associate lecturer, The Open University.

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  10. Mind your languages

    The recession has served only to highlight the dearth of foreign-language skills among British graduates. But are we simply too lazy to tackle the problem? Matthew Reisz reports

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  11. Fundamental problems

    Many science undergraduates struggle to write well or solve simple maths problems. We fail them if we do not bring their basic skills up to scratch, argues Harriet Jones

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  12. 2 July 2009

    Rue Britannia - UK will pay for the loss of foreign fluency