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  1. Without honours 2

    When an academic with such a distinguished career as Colin Blakemore complains that he ought to have been given a knighthood, it serves only to deepen the suspicions of many who are sceptical of the...

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  2. Work and happiness

    Andrew Oswald appears to think that his proposal to conduct controlled experiments on working life and happiness is a novel one ("Give all your staff a real bonus - a No-Work Wednesday", THES ,...

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  3. Give extra study time

    Universities are dedicated to the "last-carriage principle", which states that in any railway accident the last carriage comes off worst, irrespective of the length of the train ("Luton makes it...

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  4. MMR and autism

    Andy Alaszewski is wrong to suggest that the connection between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism is one of "a low probability with a high consequence" ("When fear becomes another...

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  5. Oh Brother! 1

    Clearly THES journalists, like TV schedulers, have to find little amusements to celebrate the season. But with Ofcom revving up for business and the battle over the BBC's charter in full swing, it...

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  6. Oh Brother! 2

    What are the time-management secrets of those academics who apparently manage to do their teaching, research, consultancy and administration and still find hours to ponder the rival demerits of Big...

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  7. In defence of report

    The report "Influential teaching technique rubbished" ( THES , November 28) did serious injustice to two research reports to be published this month by the Learning and Skills Research Centre. Less...

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  8. Religion vs science 1

    David Trim (Letters, THES , December 12) suggests that the "terrible consequences" of religious belief decried by Richard Dawkins (Books, THES , November 28) are matched by similar "terrible...

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  9. Religion vs science 2

    Trevor Stone maintains that there are problems with science only when its data are misused by "others" (Letters, THES , December 19/26). What of the German university scientists who supported Nazi...

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  10. Funding madness

    I read with incredulity the caption accompanying the photo of Wendy Miller and her children ("Rebel MPs steadfast against variable fees", THES , December 19/26). Miller will, along with 36 other...

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  11. UK must compete

    Alan Ryan claims (Opinion, THES , December 19/26) that "it is not economically essential to compete with the US at a blue-skies level [since] Japan's growth rate was a compound 7 per cent per annum...

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  12. Talking turkey

    Your photo caption says that our "Christmas turkey could be descended from a prehistoric creature" ("A dinosaur for dinner?", THES , December 19/26). Surely every species is? Charlie Owen University...

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  13. Funding madness

    I read with incredulity the caption accompanying the photo of Wendy Miller and her children ("Rebel MPs steadfast against variable fees", THES , December 19/26). Miller will, along with 36 other...

    #Letters

  14. UK must compete

    Alan Ryan claims (Opinion, THES , December 19/26) that "it is not economically essential to compete with the US at a blue-skies level [since] Japan's growth rate was a compound 7 per cent per annum...

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  15. Talking turkey

    Your photo caption says that our "Christmas turkey could be descended from a prehistoric creature" ("A dinosaur for dinner?", THES , December 19/26). Surely every species is? Charlie Owen University...

    #Letters