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  1. Just conclusion 3

    I was astonished by Sir Harry Kroto's view of Tony Blair and Iraq. Now we have the solution to the dilemmas of modern statecraft: listen to reasonable people. I am sure the prime minister is kicking...

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  2. Erroneous exercises 1

    Why do we persist with the expensive, time-consuming and blunt instrument of the research assessment exercise in subjects that have research councils ("Break up RAE scam", THES , September 12)? When...

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  3. Postdoc blues

    How disappointing that you call postdoctoral researchers "students" ("Get a life? Not with our hours", THES , August 22). They are highly qualified professionals, many world experts in their fields....

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  4. Exemplary exertions

    For once, I am not sympathetic to Laurie Taylor's view of third-class degrees ( THES , September 12). At a college that no longer exists, we had the category of "Honourable Third" - some determined...

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  5. Closed contest

    Peter Brown, secretary of the British Academy, writes that "all research funds are awarded in open competition" (Letters, THES , September 12). If he checks the BA's regulations, he will see that...

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  6. Miss-taken identity

    Just for the record: Fabrice Virgili - the author of Shorn Women: Gender and Punishment in Liberation France , which was reviewed by Richard Parish (Books, THES , September 5) - is a bloke. Jane...

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  7. Top up with laptops

    Top-up fees present a unique opportunity to provide all students with laptops for only £200-£250 a year ("Top-ups are non-negotiable", THES , September 12). The savings involved in cutting the number...

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  8. Sporting achievement

    Michael Rennie's critique of your upbeat analysis of sport science was too generalised (Letters, THES , September 12). At my institution, students may well study elements of swimming-pool management...

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  9. Ethical poser

    Ethics is not a field in itself, as Simon Lee makes out (Why I, THES , September 5) - it is interdisciplinary. Teaching it depends on epistemology and the study of perception, human nature and...

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  10. Laurie Taylor Column

    "Academics too often take the view that the strategic goals of their university are nothing to do with them and work instead to their own agendas" - THES , September 12 Shocking. Absolutely shocking...

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  11. Leader: Employers will always be sold on graduate skills

    There was something for everyone in this week's two big research reports: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's annual international survey and the Higher Education Policy...

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  14. Reporting on the future of bioinformatics

    Brussels, 17 Sep 2003 Top European experts gathered earlier this year to discuss the future of bioinformatics research. An overview of contributions and commentaries is now available in the...

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