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  2. Let's keep our libraries intact 1

    So libraries are throwing out books to make way for e-learning ("Libraries dump 2 million volumes", November 16)? A squeeze on library space also comes from the research assessment exercise-generated...

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  3. Let's keep our libraries intact 2

    The fact that that 2 million books and journals are thrown out of British universities each year is appalling, as is the fact that academics do not raise any protest, given that library materials are...

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  4. Let's keep our libraries intact 3

    My assertion that "researchers regard printed resources as less useful than electronic ones" is a finding of a survey commissioned by the Consortium of Research Libraries and the Research Information...

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  5. Let's keep our libraries intact 4

    The news that libraries are dumping 2 million items a year neatly solves the problem of the next research assessment exercise. I hereby propose "skip-based assessment" as the way forward. Academics...

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  6. Ask all to the table

    Although there was concern among some at the University and College Union special conference on single-table bargaining about giving up the old rights to separate bargaining, as your report rightly...

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  7. I deeply disagree

    Roland Jackson, chief executive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, suggests that "the public's views are based on a deeper set of values" ("Research: society has right to say...

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  8. Pension robbery

    It is unnecessary to scrap a good, working final-salary pension scheme (Letters, November 9). It is employers who want to shift the burden of costs onto the employee, just as private-sector employers...

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  9. Who's got my dosh?

    If an average academic earns £42,000 ("Average academics' pay moves ahead to £42K", November 16) and I, as a very much above-average academic (evidence can be supplied) earn significantly less, could...

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  10. A meaningful reply

    Roy Harris has written a blistering review of my book The Origins of Meaning (Books, October 26). I think I can see where he is coming from. For my treatment of "the familiar linguistic form/meaning...

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  11. Flirting with convention

    Gill Perry pores over past portrayals of actresses. Today we are used to being bombarded with media images and voyeuristic accounts of female celebrities. And there is nothing new about this...

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  12. Tease not sleaze

    Burlesque is back with a bang - but is it striking a blow for female sexuality or upholding stereotypes? asks Jacki Willson . The lights dimmed and there was a hum of chatting. I was at a performance...

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  13. Today's lesson: ordinary life

    France's elite Sciences Po is launching a scheme to ensure that all its students have at least a brief experience of how less priviliged citizens live. Huw Richards reports. When Remi Drouin returned...

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  14. It's more than a stand-up routine

    The notion that teaching is little more than the skill to perform in a lecture theatre ignores the essence of the academic role: personal tutoring, Bruce Macfarlane argues. A few years ago I asked a...

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  15. The latest engineering textbooks

    Engineering Statistics Engineering Statistics Authors: Douglas C. Montgomery, George C. Runger and Norma Faris Hubele Edition: Fourth Publisher: Wiley Price: £34.95 ISBN 9780471735571 The Arizona...