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  3. Elite or not, they need a union

    Bruce Charlton and Peter Andras's article "Why top academics need personal agents, not a mass trade union" (Why I..., July 23) is a curious piece. They begin with an exaggerated description of the...

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  4. Schools not at fault 1

    More than half of vice-chancellors think first-year students lack the necessary skills to study for a degree, according to your article "Students 'lack basics'" (July 16). The blame, however, does...

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  5. Schools not at fault 2

    It isn't only numeracy that first-year undergraduates lack. Literacy is also a serious problem, and so is ever-declining subject knowledge (history is a case in point). Clearly, these deficiencies...

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  6. No pressure to fiddle 1

    It is not the case, in my experience, that examination boards "fiddle marks" ("Pass rates are all about the cash", Letters, July 16). Mark adjustment goes on for a variety of valid reasons such as...

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  7. No pressure to fiddle 2

    Your correspondent makes allegations that, if they are true, reflect badly on his/her practice as an examiner and bring universities in general into disrepute. Why does your correspondent hide his/...

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  8. 'Dream on, Lord May' 1

    Speaking from a department that is due to be closed, although it is not struggling, I have considerable sympathy for the funding council's efforts to make universities give a notice period before...

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  9. 'Dream on, Lord May' 2

    Vice-chancellors may warn against "interference in the autonomy of the university" but the Royal Town Planning Institute is relieved to see that the Government wants to make giving a year's notice...

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  10. Blind boycott 1

    Your article "OU professor revives call for Israel boycott" (July 16) discusses one man's call for a boycott of Israeli scientists and academics based on politics. This is contrary to the tenets of...

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  11. Blind boycott 2

    Palestinian campuses are not only hotbeds of anti-Israel activity but are also controlled by active terrorist groups, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which oppose peace with Israel. Palestinian...

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  12. Just one pot of cash

    Your report "Bypass fear for clinical funding" (July 16) gave the misleading impression that the Medical Research Council has separate pots of money for "clinical" and "other" research, and that we...

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  13. Support dyslexics

    In contrast to Peter Shaw ("Worrying case of can't write, won't write?" July 23), I have little concern about "inherently lazy illiterates" masquerading as dyslexics. I remember a seemingly lazy...

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  14. Still weighting for rise

    You say that inner London weighting is now £2,632 a year, rising to £2,726 ("Union says £7 rise will not halt exodus", July 23). On which fortunate souls is such bounty bestowed? Unless I am mistaken...

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  15. Laurie Taylor column

    V-cs buy into idea idea of building the brand. Times Higher , July 23. Good morning. I'm Mike Stance, Poppleton's new marketing director. There it is in PowerPoint. MIKE STANCE. Today I'm going to...

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