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  2. Ucea declines to make an offer the unions cannot refuse

    Employers declined to make a pay offer at the campus trade unions' first joint remuneration meeting.In a joint statement with other unions, the University and College Union said it was "amazed" that...

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  3. Daytime TV: Prime-time viewing

    Gary Day enjoys Marcus du Sautoy's mathematical fervour but finds tragedy and tears in the East End

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  5. Jumping for joy

    Dr Julia Persimmon of our biology department shows that "spring" is indeed in the air. Julia, who is currently researching modes of quantifying the integration of quorum-sensing signals with single-...

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  6. Can't beat the real thing

    Tutorials are vital for a quality learning experience, writes Tim Birkhead

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  7. Off Piste: Passport to potter about

    David Abulafia maps out the pleasures and pains of travelling, from odysseys off the beaten track to bumpy journeys and egg sandwiches that recall aviation's pioneering days

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  9. From where I sit - Knowledge first, theory later

    It is said that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Actually, I think a total lack of knowledge is dangerous: a little, after all, must be better than none.Non-vocational arts degrees teach in...

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  10. Bob Boucher, 1940-2009

    Bob Boucher, a mechanical engineer who became vice-chancellor of two universities, has died.

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  11. We must stand up and speak for the evidence 1

    In your articles on evidence-based policy ("I can't hear you ..." and "From the lab to the lobby", 26 March), there was a strong sense of frustration with politicians for failing to give sufficient...

    #Letters

  12. We must stand up and speak for the evidence 2

    Your report on the challenges raised by evidence-based policy was timely. The problem is that as long as scientists think they can construct objective, absolute and precise numbers on risks ranging...

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  13. Another source of hope

    In his interesting article on rhetoric, Tom Palaima suggests that the title of Barack Obama's book The Audacity of Hope (2006) was inspired by Martin Luther King ("Tools of the trade", 2 April).In...

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  14. Industry clouds blue skies

    In days gone by, telecommunications firm AT&T gave its researchers 5 per cent of their time for blue-skies research. One outcome of this enlightened policy was the laser. When will British...

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  15. Entrenching tribalism

    Robin Hambleton is right to say that the research assessment exercise is myopic ("Scholarship is multifaceted, but the RAE is blind to its richness", 19 March). However, its biggest flaw is its...

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