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  1. Mores mean less

    I was not surprised to read about the problems international students face in trying to make contact with British students ("UK mores alienate foreigners", December 3). My research indicates that...

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  2. We need consultants

    So Gary Day thinks it is "bonkers" to use external consultants to tell a university what makes it distinctive (Features, November 26). The value of consultants is not that they know more about the...

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  3. Phone tap

    As a university administrator, I have great sympathy for the financial problems of today's students. But the trend of canvassing alumni for funds is worrying and counterproductive. My former...

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  4. Bologna clarity

    Paul Bompard is right to say that the Bologna Process is largely on track while also emphasising that more resources are necessary if Europe's universities are to keep up with the rest of the world...

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  5. Split personality

    I note from your article on Jane Davidson ("The lady's not for unfair learning", December 3) that the minister's pet hates are split infinitives and misplaced apostrophes. Under her photograph, there...

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  6. Look beyond class warfare and rights culture

    Why do we think of animal welfare only in extreme terms? asks Alison Hills We owe nothing to animals, wrote Aristotle, for they have nothing in common with us. The Christian thinkers Aquinas and...

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  7. Uncle Sam no longer a favourite...

    The US used to be a magnet for Chinese students but the fervour has cooled and others hope to profit from the backlash, says Stephen Phillips The thought of Chinese students lining up to enter...

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  9. More porridge is hard to swallow

    The average inmate is poorly educated and probably has drug or mental-health problems. Andrew Coyle asks whether prison is the best answer In the past few days David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, has...

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  10. The danger of closed minds

    John Kirkaldy explains why the OU reaches out to inmates It was 3am and the man at the party was very drunk. "When," he demanded belligerently, "is the Open University going to give up giving degrees...

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  11. Another Bush family member

    Condoleezza Rice is extraordinarily talented but does she have the guts to contradict her closest ally? asks Jennifer Mathers Condoleezza Rice exemplifies the American dream. She has risen from...

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  15. EU funds reconfigurable networks

    Brussels, 08 Dec 2004 A new Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project aims to expand and simplify existing and future networks of devices and embedded systems, enabling the billions of electronic...