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  2. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a story of three generations: "At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord...

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  3. 'Superstar' rating is not the issue

    The Association of University Teachers, like many organisations and academics, is unable to distinguish the wood from the trees as far as the research assessment exercise is concerned ("Union puts...

    #Letters

  4. No disservice

    Anthony Glees ("Scholars thwart spies", April 9) is right to "accuse" academics of scepticism about the claims of western security services that they are the defenders of democracy. If they are doing...

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  5. European brief

    Nancy Rothwell is right to raise the large number of European issues that directly affect the higher education sector (Opinion, April 2). Policy emerging from both the European Parliament and the...

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  6. Expert at fault

    It matters not that the so-called Meadow's law was taken from previous research ("'Incensed' Southall attacks press slurs", April 9). As an expert witness in the Sally Clark case, Sir Roy Meadow was...

    #Letters

  7. Trade imbalance

    I was astonished by Michael Derham's prediction that graduates will feel increasing anger and envy that "welders, steel erectors and plumbers continue to earn and live better" ("No real degree of...

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  8. Drug culture 1

    Simon Festing claims that if we want new treatments and cures, then animal research is necessary (Soapbox, April 9). It is impossible to study human diseases in any other species. Emotive claims of...

    #Letters

  9. Drug culture 2

    I was concerned to see you describe the self-styled Coalition for Medical Progress as "an umbrella group of research funders that promotes public dialogue about animal research" ("Anger at centre for...

    #Letters

  10. Out of form

    The fear of failure among fine art students, lamented by Joanne Lee ("Why I", April 2), may be a consequence of the comparative formlessness of their fine art courses. Is there any other degree...

    #Letters

  11. Business sense

    Alison Wolf agrees that universities need more incentives to engage with small local businesses (Opinion, April 9). The question is how such incentives should be distributed. My proposal is that...

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  12. Minority report

    There is no "dwindling student demand" for East Asian studies ("Closures leave UK with 'unhealthy' lack of Arabists", April 2). At Durham, applications for Chinese and Japanese courses grew by more...

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  13. Laurie Taylor column

    UNIVERSITY OF POPPLETON Dear Georgina Middleton, It gives me great pleasure to invite you to receive your degree certificate at the graduation ceremony to be held in the university's Monsanto Hall at...

    #Laurie

  14. Alan Ryan

    Why are so many students anxious? Perhaps they have yet to learn that failures are a part of life and can be overcome When the American colonists declared themselves independent of their neglectful...

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  15. Leader: Universities must tackle security

    Higher education students are (nearly) all over 18 and do not expect or want universities to stand in loco parentis . However, like any organisation, the university has a responsibility to maintain a...

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