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  1. Fees, fairness and free markets 1

    As universities start to position themselves in the brave new world of top-up fees and scholarships, no one has considered the plight of further education colleges that work in the higher education...

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  2. Fees, fairness and free markets 2

    Readers may recall the minor spat during the top-up fees debate over whether universities would be obliged to redirect a third of their extra fee income into student bursaries to improve access. The...

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  3. Casting stones 1

    I was appalled to read Peter Leapman's response (Letters, January 7) to Meg Barker's article on sexism and sexual relationships between lecturers and students (Soapbox, December 10). His letter read...

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  4. Casting stones 2

    I was gratified at the space given to the responses to my article on sexism and sexual predators in higher education, particularly the letter urging all of us to take responsibility for addressing...

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  5. Casting stones 3

    Having more than one lover (if all involved are consenting adults) is a personal/political choice, whereas having sex with one's students is unprofessional and unacceptable. Whether Barker has...

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  6. Casting stones 4

    I was surprised to find that all one has to do to discredit a female academic and her work is to call her a slut in public. Ben Evans

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  7. Casting stones 5

    Disagreeing with Meg Barker's position on sexually predatory lecturers is one thing, but an ad hominem attack is objectionable. Saying, in effect, that she had it coming because of her behaviour is...

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  8. Casting stones 6

    Since Peter Leapman evidently enjoys pursuing background research, might I be so bold as to suggest he types "ad hominem fallacy" into his Google search box? Anne Austin London

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  9. The long view 1

    Higher education has a special role to play in the sustainable recovery of the areas so badly affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. I was in Madras on the day the earthquake struck and saw first hand...

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  10. The long view 2

    I was saddened to read of the death of Julian Ayer, stepson of philosopher A. J. Ayer, in the tsunami. I remember Julian as a kind and enthusiastic young lecturer at Middlesex Polytechnic in the...

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  11. The long view 3

    Readers can help victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami by donating old mobile phones and printer cartridges. We will give cash to the Disasters Emergency Committee for every mobile and cartridge that...

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  12. Wind and fire

    Having identified himself as formative in the initiation of talks between Sinn Fein and the Government, Simon Lee puts his alleged bridging of the two sections of what was then the Liverpool...

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  13. Cause and effect

    You fail to acknowledge the research evidence that suggests that academics blame their high levels of stress primarily on the rapid deterioration they perceive in their working conditions ("Breathe...

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  14. Make a new date

    Since wars and battles dominate "Dates for new diaries" ("Time to cruise in the past lane", January 7) and women are conspicuously absent, it should be pointed out that 2005 is also the 100th...

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  15. Language barriers

    Malcolm Cook was on target on the need to speak out against cuts in modern languages ("Features, December 24/31), but there are further points to be made. First, in our research assessment exercise-...

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