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  1. Torture is always an evil option 2

    There is only one piece of genetic research that may be relevant to the tortuous attempts of Alan Dershowitz to make torture an option for democratic policy-makers. If there is an "attention-seeking...

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  2. Clear solutions

    Contrary to the report in The Times Higher (June 11), the future of chemistry and physics at Nottingham Trent University is not in question. Indeed, the subjects remain key to the courses offered by...

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  3. But what is it for?

    David Rose (Letters, June 11) continues to misrepresent me, and continues to avoid answering the question raised. My original criticism was not of his socioeconomic classification schema, but of the...

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  4. Beyond doubt 1

    We have just emerged from, or perhaps we are still in, the age of doubt, which also went under the title of postmodernism. Doubt has seeped through the fabric of our society and left us powerless in...

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  5. Beyond doubt 2

    Stuart Sim seems not to recognise the distinction between doubting your beliefs and believing in your doubt. His advocacy of a sceptical society represents the latter of these, when he should have...

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  6. Critical thinking 1

    The Council for Industry and Higher Education recommends that universities adopt a didactic role in relation to ethics and morals ("Uphold morals, industry tells v-cs", June 11). I suggest we begin...

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  7. Critical thinking 2

    I am delighted to see that the business world wants universities to be "the critical conscience of society and the repository of a moral authority". Furthermore, a report issued by business wants...

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  8. Past experience

    Consideration is being given to proposed changes to the foundation degree ("Overhaul plan for foundations", May 28), which would involve relaxing the work-based elements of the qualification and...

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  9. Deceptive practice

    Philip Sadler's accusation in his review of Managing Britannia (Books, April 30) that Robert Protherough and John Pick have done "only half their homework" is sheer cheek! How would Sadler know?...

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  10. Asset losses

    Pressing the case for stop-and-search procedures on campuses, one manager tells The Times Higher that "lots of things go missing". Indeed, in some cases, this seems to amount to whole university...

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  11. Laurie Taylor column

    From: The Office of the Vice-Chancellor To: All Academic Staff Subject: Moral Values As you will know from last week's Times Higher , the Council for Industry and Higher Education has called upon...

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  12. Leader: Seven-year test passed with ease

    Anyone who thought that even research as comprehensive as the study published this week by Peter Elias and Kate Purcell would satisfy the critics of higher education growth has not been following the...

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  13. Leader: Keep the bonfire going

    The good news is that the cost of red tape in English higher education has fallen by a quarter since 2000. The bad news is that the bill still amounts to £211 million - and the funding council...

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