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  1. Is the title professor worthless? 1

    You focus on contentious issues surrounding the use of the title professor ("Titles given for 'wrong reasons'", October 29). I was first offered a professorship in 1979 and have held several since (...

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  2. Is the title professor worthless? 2

    A most significant cause of the devaluation of the title of professor is its hijacking by the senior managers in higher education who often have a negligible track record in scholarly research and...

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  3. Is the title professor worthless? 3

    Michael Hyland suggests that some professors appointed today would not previously have gained the hallowed title. I was awarded my first chair in 1987 after much hard work and the application of...

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  4. Is the title professor worthless? 4

    Your editorial comments on the ever-growing number of professors. In fact, there are so many that one confidently expects to read before long a News of the World headline along the lines of "Bogus...

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  5. Critical angles 1

    Richard Hoggart is outraged that a young woman with a degree in chemistry works in a factory that makes cheap perfumes (Opinion, October 29). I am no chemist, but I am quite prepared to believe that...

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  6. Critical angles 2

    In his otherwise admirable call for science students to be taught about the larger moral and social contexts of their work, Richard Hoggart mistakenly assumes the biggest obstacle comes from...

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  7. Style counsellor 1

    Despite the problems it has brought for Gary Day, I welcome irreverence in your pages - and it's good to see it spreading. Take Susan Bassnett's piece on dress codes (Working Knowledge, October 29)....

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  8. Style counsellor 2

    Susan Bassnett is obviously influenced more by style than substance. It's a sad reflection of our present pass that colleagues who should know better are seduced by the pseudo-authoritative veneer of...

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  9. A touch of moonshine

    Len Fisher repeats a common tale - that the Astronomer Royal pronounced that "space travel is bunk" a few weeks before Sputnik 1 was launched (Features, October 29). However, this "quote" has not...

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  10. Levelling the field 1

    Alison Wolf's argument for the introduction of an SAT-type test was persuasive (Opinion, October 22). Selecting on the basis of A levels alone does not always ensure the brightest students get to the...

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  11. Levelling the field 2

    One point that Alan Ryan might have made (Opinion, October 29) is that it is unsurprising that the Government denies that it intends to insist that universities meet their benchmarks. As benchmarks...

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  12. It's down to faith 1

    "The question is whether God is more probable than Russell's teapot. There may be good reasons to say yes. If so, they will be scientific ones. Let's hear them," says Richard Dawkins (Soapbox,...

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  13. It's down to faith 2

    Richard Dawkins is wrong in saying that the 19th century saw the triumph of science over religion. The battle rattled on into the 20th century and was more an armistice: a tacit agreement about where...

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  14. Independent thinking

    It was nice to see the department of economic and social history at Glasgow University mentioned in Peter Wardley's review of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (Books, October 29). We are...

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  15. Laurie Taylor column

    "The coveted title of professor is being devalued" - report from National Conference of University Professors. The Times Higher, October 29. From: The Office of the Vice-Chancellor Subject:...

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