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  1. Sensitive or censor 2

    Suppose the ethics committee at Durham University forbids me to teach a certain subject, but I decide to exercise my academic freedom (enshrined in law) and teach it anyway. Will I be disciplined?...

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  2. Powerless left to pay

    Lisa Jardine ("Playing at God, but working for all humanity", December 17) is right to point out that it is the developments brought by past technology that enable us to enjoy the luxury of rejecting...

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  3. Rational belief

    Daniel Jones opines that "In the absence of independent reasons to believe something, we are entitled to not believe it" (Letters, December 17). I wonder what possible "independent" evidence he could...

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  4. Still talking

    Despite your headline "Union's anger at pay deal" (December 10), I would draw your attention to the fact that local negotiations with Natfhe union branch officers are continuing and arrangements are...

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  5. Why are we so tongue tied in the face of being silenced?

    Speak up, modern languages academics, enjoins Malcolm Cook. We must make the same noise about closures as our chemist colleagues When a university decides it will close chemistry there is a public...

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  6. Bodies of knowledge

    Voracia Storme mixes pleasure with the business of taking the University of the Dome to the top in Sally Feldman's tale, which was runner-up in our contest to write the opening chapter of a satirical...

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  7. Hats off to the PANTS people

    And the winners are ... Mandy Garner opens the envelope and reveals the recipients of the Poppleton Awards for Notorious Teaching and Scholarship It's that time again. You've scarcely looked up since...

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  8. Exploiting our sweet tooth with fatal consequences

    Philip James and Neville Rigby say that obesity needs urgent action, while Paul Campos thinks we have much bigger worries on our plate In the face of robust US government statistics showing that at...

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  9. Worry about gas-guzzlers, rather than fat-munchers

    Philip James and Neville Rigby say that obesity needs urgent action, while Paul Campos thinks we have much bigger worries on our plate Recently, I published a brief opinion piece in which I...

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  10. Dishing out an à la carte education

    Geoff Andrews explores a university that serves up gourmet courses One of the dilemmas that new university students often grapple with is how to manage their food budget. Shelves stocked with tinned...

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  11. Eat, drink and be merry...

    ...for tomorrow thinness may be out of vogue. While modern societies see fatness as undesirable, many past cultures considered it a virtue. What drives our attitudes? asks Felipe Fernández-Armesto In...

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  12. Dad's old school tie may be just the ticket

    The Ivy League is touted as a model for the UK. But, despite their outreach initiatives and generous scholarships, Paul Lewis contends that US universities are as prone to hereditary elitism as...

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  13. Battle of Will for the Bard's soul 1

    Shakespeare's work should be appreciated as complex art as well as marketable entertainment, says Kate McLuskie. Whereas Tom McAlindon believes that theory-driven radicals are sapping the joy from...

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  14. Battle of Will for the Bard's soul 2

    Shakespeare's work should be appreciated as complex art as well as marketable entertainment, says Kate McLuskie. Whereas Tom McAlindon believes that theory-driven radicals are sapping the joy from...

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