Letter: Ads infinitum
Charles Crook (Soapbox, THES, February 2) is imitating King Canute on the question of advertising in university libraries. It might be nicer to disdain the nasty commercial world outside, but, as a...
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Letter: Our report will energise sector
Your editorial made some serious allegations concerning the behaviour of the select committee during its inquiry into access to higher education (Leader, THES, February 9). As chairman, can I refute...
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Letter: High and low roads
There are increasing indications that England and Scotland will fund the 2001 research assessment outcomes differently (For the Record, THES, February 9), that is, England will fund 3a and above...
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Letter: Hard-core funding
I am puzzled by Nottingham University's persistence over its tobacco funding ("Notts cancer team at risk", THES, February 9). Tobacco is the world's most despicable legal industry, far worse than...
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Letter: Just intervention
Tzvetan Todorov ("A case of right over might", THES February 9) makes an interesting contribution to the debate on humanitarian intervention but some points should be made in response. Todorov's...
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Letter: Salary turn-off
The article on the costs of living in London highlights another issue (Analysis, THES, February 9). The example quoted shows that a high-quality graduate with a DPhil from Oxford starts as a lecturer...
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Leader: Rewards for failure no cure for exclusion
Election fever is building and the Labour Party's chronic insecurity, despite a massive lead in the opinion polls, is producing some bizarre policies. In an apparent effort to please middle-class...
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Leader: Backers needed in scramble to own gene ideas
This week, we know what the human genome is, although omissions remain to be tidied up. We also know that if gene numbers are the criterion, a rice plant is more complex than a human being. This...
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Want truth? Just follow the money
Niall Ferguson argues that most historical studies neglect economic forces. He wants to reverse that trend. Sean Coughlan reports Money. We all deal with it every day, and we could all do with more...
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Good to meet you, dickhead
Tourette syndrome is less about bad language and more about poor communication. Adam James reports. It is easy to misunderstand one PhD researcher as he walks the corridors of the psychology...
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Why the academics weighed in with the ad men to confront a growing nutritional concern
Kellogg's two-week challenge diet might sound like a dubious marketing scam for breakfast cereals, but it is backedby some leading nutritionists, writes Olga Wojtas The cabbage soup diet. The steak...
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Will the book of life help us cheat death?
In the week in which the first definitive translations of the human genome are published, Kevin Davies looks at the implications of understanding the language of the Lord. One of the most humbling of...
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History comes alive in ancient lunch leftovers
Archaeologists are discovering much about ancient peoples by what was on their menus. Jerome Burne reports When you go round a museum, the last thing you expect is the smell of cooking. Archaeology...
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We are no longer producing our own television and radio guide, but several excellent all-channel UK programme guides are available on the web. For additional information about specific programmes,...
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Latest UK news
EU-wide copyright law welcomed Universities and libraries have welcomed European Parliament legislation to harmonise copyright across Europe. The new law retains the right to fair dealing and has a...