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  1. Leader: Free speech vs a cheap victory

    Another week, another furore about free speech on university campuses. The news that Bath University undergraduate Danny Lake, the national organiser for the Young British National Party, has invited...

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  2. Leader: Mind the pay gap

    At first sight, the 14 per cent disparity in pay between female and male academics does not compare too badly with the 25 per cent gap in the legal profession and the 32 per cent chasm in corporate...

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  3. Training derailed

    Lisa Turner said: "All my trainings are based on sound scientific principles" ("It's based on scientific principles", April ). Does she have any "trainings" in English grammar? Gordon Joly London

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  4. A formula failure

    According to the "academic effectiveness" formula ("Post-92s put elite to shame in key areas", May 4), all we need do is only admit applicants with no A levels and do what we like with them for three...

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  5. Add grey shades to green debate 1

    I have spent my entire working life battling against attempts to ram politically - and academically - convenient orthodoxies down my throat, and I certainly do not intend to be seduced now by the...

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  6. Add grey shades to green debate 2

    Bob Ward seems to be supporting a witch-hunt in academic departments for climate-change deniers. I personally do not know any free-market ideologists and oil industry lobbyists who are engaged in...

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  7. Shared pains

    I agree with James Martin (Letters, May 4) that academic staff should appreciate the nature and constraints of the administrator's task. Equally, administrators should understand the nature of...

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  8. The front of the union

    I was informed in an official "UCU news update" that "UCU members have noticed an increase in activity on and off campus by the British National Party in recent weeks and months". Activity by this...

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  9. Perfect portfolio job

    I read the opening of the article on portfolio careers ("Find freedom as jack of all trades", Working Knowledge, April ) with some amusement. The article began with the question "If you are fed up...

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  10. Backing Bologna

    As president of the European University Association, which has more than 800 university members in 46 countries, I am glad to see that the Bologna Process is generating discussion and debate in the...

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  11. Bigotry persists

    I strongly endorse Matt Cook's plea for "a right of sexual expression" (Features, May 4) rather than the more limited demand for equal rights for a marginalised group, as exists at present. However,...

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  12. The devil inside us all

    The famous Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971 proved that everyone has the potential to become a monster. The scandal of Abu Ghraib finally prompted the man who devised the study to write of his...

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  13. Classics never grow old

    Philosophy today continues to use the tools that Plato did, but it is no less vital for that, argues Anthony Kenny. The author of a recently completed historical survey of the subject, shares his...

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  14. Perpetual partnership

    Richard Peto, who worked with Richard Doll to link smoking and cancer, tells Huw Richards their rewarding collaboration continues despite Doll's death When does an academic collaboration end? Sir...

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