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  1. Freedom isn't free 1

    Carl May writes passionately about free online access to published work (Letters, THES, July 11) but ignores the diversity of journal ownership. Of the three leading medical sociology journals, the...

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  2. Freedom isn't free 2

    Carl May conveniently forgets that successfully managing a modern international journal involves editing, distribution and archiving. These processes are complex and costly. If publishers were taken...

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  3. MPs' muddled repayment logic 1

    There is some very muddled logic in the proposals from the select committee on education and skills to make full-cost maintenance grants available to students from poor backgrounds and paid for by...

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  4. MPs' muddled repayment logic 2

    Thomas Moston's explanation of why he didn't want to go to university (Why I.., THES, July ) shows how many school-leavers would react given an alternative to student debt and more academic courses....

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  5. Library letdown

    The British Library's destruction of some of its collections isn't the only activity at Euston Road worthy of comment. ("Pulped books spark fury", THES, June ). The library was built to provide a...

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  6. Recipe for decline 1

    We believe the transfer of courses between the University of Wales Swansea and the Swansea Institute of Higher Education is based on a flawed view of teaching, teacher education and research. Senior...

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  7. Recipe for decline 2

    You report in "Asian studies cuts may hit anti-terrorism effort" ( THES, July 11) that sweeping cutbacks in East Asian studies are in the offing. Leeds University is cited as cutting two posts in...

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  8. Against the grain?

    I cannot speak for other post-92 universities but history recruitment at Nottingham Trent is buoyant, having risen by more than 9 per cent this year ("History at risk in struggling ex-polys", THES,...

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  9. Retirement anomaly

    Raising the retirement age for schoolteachers to 65 will also affect university lecturers. Staff from the former polytechnics are members of the Teachers' Superannuation Scheme and will be affected...

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  10. Blair's dodgy attitude

    University lecturers are subject to increasing surveillance of teaching and research standards. But what confidence can we have in a government that plagiarises material presented as original and...

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  11. Posh origins

    The Diary's suggestion ( THES, July 11) of "Victoria Beckham Manchester United University" as a possible name for the merged Manchester institution reinvents a wheel. The current name of one...

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  12. Global stem cell research project launched

    Brussels, 16 Jul 2003 A stem cell research project involving partners in 12 countries around the world was launched on 11 July with the aim of avoiding duplication and speeding up the discovery of...

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  13. Landmark meeting of science journalists and the Commission

    Brussels, 16 Jul 2003 Heeding a call from the European Commission, scores of media specialists put their heads together to find ways to improve science journalism in Europe. Representatives from...

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  14. EU-Agrinet: Key Action 5: External Advisory Group Report

    Brussels, 16 Jul 2003 The External Advisory Group (EAG) The EAG was composed of academic and industrial scientists from EU Member States and associated countries. Meeting two or three times a year,...

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