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  1. In brief 3

    The European Union has not made a blanket commitment towards the promotion of privately funded higher education under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (Letters, THES , July 26). It has "...

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  2. Back off from boycott 1

    Victims of the terrorist attack on the Hebrew University of Jerusalem included Jews, Arabs and foreign students ("Bomb shakes Hebrew University", THES , August 2). This reinforces the view that...

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  3. Back off from boycott 2

    By the time the academic boycott of South African archaeologists began in 1985, archaeologists working inside South Africa had published radiocarbon dates that demonstrated that black South Africans...

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  4. Distinct differences

    Although the British Academy celebrated its centenary last month (Features, THES , June 28), its founding charter was granted on August 8, 1902. Of the academy's more than 750 fellows 100 years on,...

    #Letters

  5. Ageing, underpaid, but still able 1

    Where is the evidence that older staff are under-productive ("Age law adds to campus burdens", THES , August 2)? By stating that European Directive 2000/78 on workplace discrimination could keep...

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  6. Ageing, underpaid, but still able 2

    As a reasonably productive 40-something researcher, I am wondering at what point I will become "ageing, expensive and underproductive"? Given that most of us start off as youngish ambitious academics...

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  7. Ageing, underpaid, but still able 3

    As a 50-year-old entrant to university research and teaching, I am saddened by the hostile response the European Union's anti-ageism legislation has provoked. The law exists to ensure applicants are...

    #Letters

  8. New but not ignored

    Your article about the report from the House of Commons science and technology committee on the government funding of learned societies contained an inaccuracy about the Royal Society ("MPs put...

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  9. Elite given the edge 1

    You failed to mention the extra £6 million a year given to elite universities to increase the proportion of state-schooled pupils ("Intake up for state pupils at top 13", THES , August 2). A 4 per...

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  10. Successful scrutiny

    The article about the Quality Assurance Agency audit of Luton University in March 2001 lacked balance and objectivity ("Luton told to raise its game in quality row", THES , August 2). The QAA report...

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  11. Laurie Taylor column

    Maureen The Departmental Secretary Department of Media and Cultural Studies University of Poppleton Poppleton PP12 6HP Dear Maureen Yes, it's your old friend, Doctor Piercemuller. I'm dropping you a...

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  13. Discussion open on European research council

    Brussels, 07 August 2002 The decision by the Danish Presidency to raise the issue of a possible European research council at an event in October has encouraged discussion on the possible role of the...

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  15. Prior information of call for tenders for CORDIS project

    Brussels, 07 August 2002 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has published a prior information notice, modifying a previous notice, of a call for tenders for service contracts relating to CORDIS...

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