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  1. STEM straw man is a flimsy construct

    As the many critics of your article "The appliance of extra science is no economic panacea" (26 August) have pointed out, the analysis used by the University of Essex's Paul Whiteley to "refute" the...

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  2. New model barmy

    The basic problem with the UK academy stems from the fact that it has mostly abandoned its traditional role of educating people and in its stead has adopted a business model of research, training and...

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  3. Never forget your Welsh?

    Although Swansea University's decision to cut the number of academics in its modern languages department from 22 to 12 at least has the redeeming feature of not relegating the institution to hick...

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  4. Broader treatment

    In the article "Overseas growth exposes Brits to knowledge vacuum" (2 September), it was implied that I believe that lecturers at Newcastle University are being asked to prepare material beyond their...

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  5. The encyclical cycle

    The story of the "lost encyclical" (Books, Pope and Devil: The Vatican's Archives and the Third Reich, 19 August) is an oft-revived one, with the suggestion that an encyclical drafted for Pope Pius...

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  6. Rocket from the crypt

    Times Higher Education's cover line "Graduate take-off" (2 September) caught my eye, but its appeal to me as a new graduate was negated by the accompanying image. Why present a phallically suggestive...

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  7. Extra needle

    I write to protest the article that cited David Colquhoun on systems biology and traditional Chinese medicine ("A bridge too far? Western life science and Chinese medicine 'ludicrous' bedfellows", 26...

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  8. 'That' is the question

    As a linguist, I was delighted to read about Bernard Lamb's campaign to raise the standard of students' English ("Gobbledegook and ghastly grammar cast a murky spell on coherence", 2 September). But...

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  9. Ambiguity is over

    Since the 1980s, one of my institution's most important services has been called variously (but rarely by its users) "AIS", "ILS" and "ISD". Now the library is to be renamed The Library!Sue Powell,...

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  10. Private practice

    BPP may have been awarded university college status, but the regulatory system will have to be drastically overhauled if for-profit higher education is to thrive in Britain, says Simon Baker

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  11. Toytown Utopias

    Hitler and Stalin may have put paid to Thomas More's vision of hope, but Fred Inglis knows he can always rely on The Clangers

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  12. For love or money

    Cash counts, sometimes, but does it motivate academics to increase their research-paper output? Adrian Furnham weighs up the pros and cons

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  13. Trinity-College Dublin

    You could be forgiven for thinking that innovation is the domain of science, engineering and technology. But you would be wrong. Building on almost 420 years of scholarly tradition, Trinity College...

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  14. Trinity College Dublin - Trinity Long Room Hub

    The newest building on the Trinity College Dublin campus captured the imagination of its residents while it was still on the drawing board. Those involved with the project admit to being captivated...

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