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  1. Off Piste: When hairy means scary

    A refusal to visit a barber was a badge of defiance for Sixties youth, but Simon Goldhill, an academic with a beard, warns that in adult life anxieties over the boundary between public and pubic can...

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  2. Leader: Flaws of industrial designs

    It is right for universities to co-operate with business, but not to cater to a demand for out-of-the-box employees

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  3. Chris Curtis, 1939-2008

    Chris Curtis, an internationally renowned medical entomologist who pioneered new ways of combating malaria and other tropical diseases, has died.Born in Oxshott, Surrey, on 25 September 1939, he...

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  4. Marking is not even the half of it 1

    Your Big Marking Experiment ("Judgment calls", 18 September) notwithstanding, its comforting conclusion that academics across institutions mark similarly was, of course, flawed in one important...

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  5. Marking is not even the half of it 2

    Your leader ("A case of considered judgment", 18 September) expresses surprise that nine out of ten markers of a first-year philosophy essay awarded a score of between 53 and 66, and found comfort in...

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  6. Marking is not even the half of it 3

    A bigger problem than the variability of marking is that universities are almost wholly ignorant of its extent and sources. I find as an external examiner in many universities that there is little...

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  7. Good feedback at post-92s

    I read with interest that Aaron Porter is very worried that students are confused and frustrated by feedback on their work ("Cryptic feedback baffles students", 18 September).What worries me is that...

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  8. Blue skies and clouds

    Thank you Kevin Fong for your cogent and inspiring riposte to Sir David King's comments on blue-skies research ("Don't knock knowledge", 18 September). It is worth highlighting that King's...

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  9. Abbreviated philosophy

    One whole page on the philosophy of religion among three pages devoted to philosophy in your Textbook Guide of 18 September. Contemporary epistemology, metaphysics and the philosophy of science were...

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  10. Seeking a way ahead

    In your article "Jobs threatened as Salford looks to save £12.5 million" (11 September), you quoted widely from a confidential paper to our university council on the University of Salford's...

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  11. Generally speaking

    In his latest diatribe ("Forget the evidence - a real debate with the public is what we need", 18 September), Dennis Hayes launches a scathing attack on the recent British Educational Research...

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  12. Sci-fi isn't science fact

    While I admire Steve Fuller's integration of fact (evolution) with fiction (intelligent design creationism) in his new play ("On stage, On the Origin... author endures a dramatic trial of faith", 11...

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  13. FOI is key research tool

    Jon F. Baldwin criticises the Freedom of Information Act ('Bad and mad: the FOI requests undermining our independence', 11 September). Arguing that is it nonsensical for universities to be subject to...

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  14. LSE group backs academy

    Your coverage of the British Academy report Punching Our Weight: The Humanities and Social Sciences in Public Policy Making, ("Humanities overlooked by politicians", 18 September) accurately draws...

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