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  1. US grass no greener

    Colin Bundy sees wistful glances being cast by the Government across the Atlantic to US universities with their large endowments, major research capacity and higher salaries (Soapbox, July 9). He is...

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  2. Fascism still kicking

    How easy it is for Michael Mann in Los Angeles to pronounce that fascism is dead and has been so since the end of the Second World War (Features, July 9). The logic of his message is that we should...

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  3. War on plagiarism 1

    Mike Reddy's assertion that direct instruction in what plagiarism is will reduce the incidence of the offence (Why I... July 9) in no way reflects my own experience. Middlesex University has included...

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  4. War on plagiarism 2

    If students are allowed to get away with plagiarism (Letters, July 16) they may end up producing dodgy dossiers with unattributed sections lifted from old PhD theses to justify going to war. Geoff...

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  5. Unforgivably cool

    Alan Clements' article highlights examples of the "boorishness, indifference, arrogance and laziness" where a culture of "coolness" prevails within the student body (Professional, July 16). As a "non...

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  6. Bias inquiry a waste

    Either the research assessment exercise is an objective assessment of research excellence, and so there can be no inherent sex bias ("Sex bias limits women in RAE", July 16). Or it is a fraudulent...

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  7. Cause and effect 1

    Pat Rattigan's argument (Letters, July 16) would not pass muster in a sixth-form debate. What is he saying, that vivisection research has resulted in a reduction in human health? Take any developing...

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  8. Cause and effect 2

    I'm a literature student not a medic, but it is obvious to me that it is Pat Rattigan who is living in a "fantasy world". If he hates modern medicine so much, then he is free to refuse to be treated...

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  9. Sordid subheading

    The subheading of Jeffrey Meyers' review of Peter Parker's biography of Christopher Isherwood (Books, July 16) describes him as "a sordid homosexual with 400 lovers". To conjoin "sordid" and "...

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  10. Overgeneralised and over here 2

    I am, of course, sorry to hear that Ayako Yoshino feels that some universities and individuals are not sufficiently sensitive to "foreign" students and their countries of origin. I am surprised,...

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  11. Overgeneralised and over here 3

    Having spent 25 years working with international students, I was interested to read Ayako YoshinoÕs article. But I wish that she had done her research before making the statements about academic...

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  12. Laurie Taylor column

    In a shock announcement yesterday, Mr G. Middlewhite, the managing director of Poppleton Pork Products plc, declared that Poppleton would soon be home to a new university. From September 2005,...

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  13. Leader: Armed response to a violent threat

    Violent animal-rights activists pose Britain's biggest home-grown terrorist threat. Unlike those protesters who press their objections peacefully, they are not interested in compromise or negotiation...

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  14. Leader: Open to high standards

    This week's House of Commons report on scientific publishing comes close to free advertising for open access, a new way of getting research papers into the hands of scientists and the public...

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  15. FP6 new instruments up for review

    Brussels, 21 Jul 2004 Two years into the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and – as agreed with the Council of Ministers during its negotiation in 2002 – a mid-term evaluation has been carried out on...