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  1. Rapid results culture undermines quality 1

    Universities that require - or strongly pressure - students to submit their PhDs within three years of admission do a disservice to their students and undermine the credibility of the British PhD ("...

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  2. Rapid results culture undermines quality 2

    Isn't the death of the original, ambitious PhD just a case of "joined-up thinking", by which students are perfectly prepared for a profession where pressure to publish for the research assessment...

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  3. Minority report 1

    Majid Yar complains that academics from overseas are often met with discriminatory attitudes from students about their "funny accents", while noting his pronounced South Walian accent (Letters, 4...

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  4. Minority report 2

    I could probably have this argument with my esteemed new colleague, Majid Yar (Letters, 4 December), in the corridors of Hull, but it seems to me that, pace his welcome appointment, the key issue is...

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  5. Ring leading research

    I was pleased to see Ian Conrich's review of our book Watching the Lord of the Rings (4 December), but I was puzzled by some aspects of it. Conrich highlights, as though it were somehow inappropriate...

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  6. An exercise in futility 1

    It is perhaps a little too late in the day to discover such problems as difficulties of comparing a piece of medical research with a piece of economics research ("RAE results may not reflect true...

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  7. An exercise in futility 2

    With the RAE results due, the media are likely readying themselves to compute and publish corresponding league tables. However it is far from clear how, or even if, this can be done in any fair and...

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  8. No merger on the cards

    In your story "Joining forces and market repositioning" (4 December), you report that Queen Margaret University "has been considering merging with Napier University in a bid to tackle its £20 million...

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  9. Provincial views

    Ian Rivers' claim that research into the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) sector is now "futile" and has been needlessly replicated in different parts of a devolved UK ("LGBT research is...

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  10. Don't discount Malaysia

    It's too soon for Malaysians to write off their universities ("Malaysian rankings flop 'shames' the nation", 4 December). The national priority is meeting a large pent-up demand for higher education...

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  14. University of Salford - Multinational deal on housing

    Student accommodation at the University of Salford has been sold to a multinational company. The deal will see Campus Living Villages, which also operates in the US, Australia and New Zealand,...