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  1. Let's get research basics right 2

    The research assessment exercise has taken a few steps forward and a few steps back, ("All work to be counted in RAE evaluation", October 12). In evaluating and rewarding the research performance of...

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  2. Let's get research basics right 3

    The proposed system for measuring research output might work for the sciences. For the social sciences and humanities it would be a disaster. It would incentivise the proliferation of lower quality...

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  3. Working hypotheses 2

    I have to say that I found Susan Bassnett's piece excruciatingly patronising. My first thought was that it's very obvious she isn't a scientist. She grumbles about "people who think it's outrageous...

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  4. Divided we fall 2

    You note that a minority of universities are employing union-busting firms to undermine the University and College Union in their institutions. It might be interesting to know who is paying for these...

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  5. The child departs

    Does Freudian theory, and in particular the Oedipus complex as a way of explaining sexual development, still have anything to teach us? Matthew Reisz, below, explores a reinvestigation of Freud's...

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  6. Dr Dai Llemmer

    It's been a busy few weeks in the run-up to the new university year. First, let's drop in again on Dr Dai Llemmer's v-c helpline to test the pulse of the nation's academic leaders, before turning to...

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  7. The right to shake hands

    Despite receiving proper support during his course, when it came to the degree ceremony, one young man found himself discriminated against. Martin Crick reports on a case with lessons for all...

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  10. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from an imperial tale: "The Spanish army and the court lay in Andalusia, at Santa Fe, a new white...

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