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  2. Tom Graham, 1945-2008

    Tom Graham, university librarian at Newcastle University, has died.He was brought up in Glasgow, graduated in history from the University of Glasgow and then decided to train as a librarian by...

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  3. Higher education research is on the up 1

    There are some interesting contradictions regarding higher education research. Your feature ("Practise what you preach", 8 January) suggests that research into higher education in the UK is little...

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  4. Higher education research is on the up 2

    I am genuinely baffled by the assertion that higher education research in the UK languishes in the doldrums.At the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers' conference in Pavia last September, a...

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  5. RAE is not a fair game 1

    The peculiar methodology of the research assessment exercise was always likely to produce strange league tables ("Reviewers raise concerns about RAE gameplaying", 8 January). Take the composition of...

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  6. RAE is not a fair game 2

    Your disturbing facts about sport and the RAE are pointed, highly relevant and continue to reinforce one's view that this country still has some way to go in its approach to sport.In my experience,...

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  7. Slip-up on Freud

    David Pilgrim criticises Paul McHugh for failing to grasp the facts concerning Freud's "original claim about the high prevalence of incest survivors on his couch" in his book Try to Remember:...

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  8. Mathematical problems

    On page 15 of the edition of 8 January, you apologise for the mathematical errors in the previous week's report on the RAE results (News in brief). Immediately above this, you report that "more than...

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  9. Little buzz about entomology

    My late father was a traditional plant pathologist, so I empathise very much indeed with Joan Kelley (Letters, 8 January) and her plea for the training of a new generation of professional plant...

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  10. Defining the doctorates

    Jan Smit at the Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services appears to demean and devalue the degree of PhD by asking: "Something that I do not understand, and that no one has been able to confirm or...

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  11. Figure out faulty thinking

    Much as I'd like it to be true that philosophy is becoming much more popular with employers ("More things in heaven and earth, Horatio", 1 January), the main evidence is based on a sloppy reading of...

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  13. University of Bristol - Philanthropy challenge begins

    A campaign to raise £100 million from philanthropic sources by the end of 2012 has been launched by the University of Bristol. Eric Thomas, the vice-chancellor, said: "We are currently raising £5...

  14. University of Exeter - Term shift plan causes concern

    Plans to change term dates are causing consternation among students at the University of Exeter, according to its student newspaper. The university plans to shorten the Christmas break from a month...

  15. University of Essex - Social research centre to close

    The University and College Union is in talks with the University of Essex over the closure of the Institute for Social and Technical Research (ISTR). The postgraduate ISTR - which comprises the...