Letter: Reason, ridicule and religion (4)
As an Anglican, I find Peter Atkins's complaints to be without foundation. First, the Bible shows that Jesus amazed the intellectuals of his day - no lack of reason or understanding there. And Jesus...
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Letter: Reason, ridicule and religion (5)
The difficulty will be for the law to allow the expression of opinion that some religious beliefs are false and unworthy of being believed while barring expression of hatred for those who hold those...
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Letter: Economic follies (1)
As a business person, I am deeply concerned about the directive given to universities on October 22 by the secretary of state for education. Estelle Morris told universities to work more closely with...
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Letter: Economic follies (2)
If it means recruiting the brightest 50 per cent of "poor kids" to join the brightest 50 per cent of "rich kids" at university, then Estelle Morris is right that expansion should not threaten...
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Letter: Justifiable exclusion
Auriol Stevens's assessment of higher education and the supposed gains made over the past 30 years ("A challenge for the next 30 yearsI", THES, October 19) was insulting. It trades on the view that...
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Letter: Quality defences (1)
How many more times will we hear John Randall's outrageous, endlessly repeated insinuation that British universities are somehow analogous to Railtrack? His former organisation regularly showed that...
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Letter: Quality defences (2)
Simon Jenkins is wrong to say that the research assessment exercise was crass beyond belief. He is conjuring a straw man because RAE panels assess much more evidence than quantified indices of...
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Letter: Out of the running
Despite reports ("Race is on for AUT's top job", THES, October 19), I am not a potential candidate for general secretary of the Association of University Teachers. Incidentally, if I had been, I...
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Letter: Anti-war rallying cry
In response to events of September 11, a small group of us at the University of Southampton organised a "teach-in" for the first day of term. The response from students, staff and the local community...
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