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  1. Alan Ryan

    To begin with an obvious but improper question: was Oxford's rejection of the changes in governance proposed by the vice-chancellor a vote of no confidence? Not exactly. It was a vote of no...

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    #Columnists
    #Opinion

  2. Leader: Pricey UK must not rest on laurels

    For all the official warnings against overreliance on the fees of overseas students, there has been a comfortable assumption in much of UK higher education that a combination of the English language...

    #Leader
    #Opinion

  3. Leader: Make most of Leitch

    Ever since Lord Leitch published his interim review of skills needs, the prospect of a participation rate of 65 per cent for degree-level courses has had many universities rubbing their hands in...

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    #Opinion

  4. Oxford postal ballot

    Plans to reform the way Oxford University is run will go to a postal ballot of the entire academic community of almost 4,000 scholars in a final attempt to push the reforms through. The reforms, put...

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    #News
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  5. A closer look at the evidence 1

    The sense of persecution that pervades comments from academics whose work has been "rubbished" by the Government ("Ministers vilify researchers", December 1) is misplaced. All the examples cited came...

    #Letters

  6. A closer look at the evidence 2

    The story "Ministers vilify researchers" is timely and important. Our experience with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs over the past three years as former members of its...

    #Letters

  7. Speak for everyone? 1

    At the University and College Union special higher education conference, motions that were severely critical of the manner in which industrial action had been ended were carried by about 60 per cent...

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  8. Speak for everyone? 2

    As a delegate at the UCU's higher education consultation conference, I can confirm that the meeting did indeed give the leadership a pummelling over its handling of this year's pay campaign. In doing...

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  9. Get going on vaccine

    In failing to note the emergence of cross-protective influenza vaccines, your article "Public enemy number one" (Features, December 1) does not recognise this most important emerging area of research...

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  10. In touch with real thing

    It was a pleasure to read Ronald Schuchard's celebration of the value of introducing undergraduates to manuscripts (Features, December 1). There are indeed "seeds of a mini-revolution" within...

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  11. Out for the count

    You wrote that the council of Cambridge University consists of 16 members elected by academics and seven others. That is not how the arithmetic looks from here. We academics elect 12 from among our...

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  12. misión improbable

    Having been in Venezuela last summer, I was dismayed by the bias in your feature on the country's "socialist climber", Hugo Chávez (Features, December 1), who was re-elected President by a wide...

    #Letters

  13. Speak out on Iraq

    The appeal by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (Letters, December 1) to help our Iraqi colleagues should be supported beyond cash and sanctuary. British academics should analyse and speak...

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  14. It is not a crime to hold traditional values

    The belief among conservative Christians that some behaviour is sinful does not amount to an expression of hate, says Rowan Williams, so why have some student unions withdrawn recognition from...

    #Features

  15. The Iraqi people have developed a bit of a routine...

    ... "The first thing they do is put on the radio and wait until a bomb goesoff," he says. "They then wait another half hour to see if there is another bomb and then go out, steering clear of crowded...

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