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  1. What are you worth? 2

    As a former secondary school headteacher, I am amused by William Gramm's view that a professor lacks both the experience and the stamina to cope with a head's workload (Letters, May 19). My CV...

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  2. What are you worth? 3

    As a research professor I do little teaching. This semester I should mark 11 masters assignments to be submitted on July 7. If I refuse, in line with the strike action, 30 per cent of my pay will be...

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  3. What are you worth? 4

    Those who are uncertain about the just demands and actions for better pay by lecturers should consult two job advertisements for London universities in The Times Higher of May 19. The job...

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  4. Funds must go further

    Instead of transferring funding for educating nurses to the Higher Education Funding Council for England ("Fight for NHS cash hots up as 'chaos' threatens nurse training jobs", May 19), why doesn't...

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  5. Standards response

    In response to Liz Allen's opinion article on the professional standards framework (May 12) to meet the principles of flexibility, breadth and inclusiveness that people throughout the sector wanted,...

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  6. Chemical reactions 1

    I am incensed by Sussex vice-chancellor Alasdair Smith's comments on the extraordinary meeting of senate to discuss the plan devised by the School of Life Sciences (LifeSci) to maintain a viable and...

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  7. Chemical reactions 2

    I am pleased that Sussex University decided not to axe chemistry. But I am puzzled that "the decision-making process was difficult". The Science and Technology Policy Research Unit is an attached...

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  8. Affront to free speech 1

    Academic freedom is meaningless unless it means that academics can express unpopular views without the slightest fear of institutional reprisal. The action being taken by Leeds University against...

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  9. Affront to free speech 2

    Even if Frank Ellis "caused widespread outrage" this does not mean that his views lack merit. There is no link between the worth of an opinion and any resulting outrage (or praise). Is the Unite...

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  10. Shares but no sharing

    So the bell has tolled on "the leather-jacketed pseudo-proletarian lecturer" ("Up the (fiercely staid) workers!", May 19). What deluded romantics they were, not a smart suit or a share portfolio...

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  11. When it all kicks off before kickoff

    At the World Cup in June, lecturer Geoff Pearson is bound to be caught up in any unrest. Huw Richards explains Geoff Pearson already knows exactly what he'll be doing on his 32nd birthday on June 20...

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  12. The rise of the not-so-silent partner

    What do parents have to say about the lecturers' pay dispute? Quite a lot now that they are paying for their offspring's education, says Harriet Swain Amid student protests, union defiance and...

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  13. Learn to keep your cool

    Extreme weather is becoming increasingly common, and, if humans are to survive, they must adapt to climte change. Becky McCall explains During the first 20 days of August 2003, 14,802 people died in...

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  15. Emerging from the eye of the storm

    New Orleans is fighting to get back on its feet after Hurricane Katrina, reports Helen Taylor Driving into New Orleans, one of the first things you notice are signs for the four Rs: "Recover, Rebuild...

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