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  1. Degree of gender bias 1

    Miles Hewstone writes: "More than 80 per cent of today's psychology graduates are women, which may have something to do with a lack of understanding of what a psychology degree involves and just how...

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  2. Degree of gender bias 2

    What, exactly, is the reader supposed to conclude from Miles Hewstone's comments about women psychology graduates? That women are intrinsically given to misunderstanding and incapable of wanting to...

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  3. Degree of gender bias 3

    If Miles Hewstone is genuinely concerned about "teaching students more effectively", he could make a start by getting his facts straight. Thomas Mann did not write The Glass Bead Game . John C....

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  4. Two-quid tycoon

    Well, academic salaries must have hit skid row if additional earnings from academic publishing "in the thousands of pounds" can be regarded as "small fortunes" ("Shelf-made wealth of textbook tycoons...

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  5. Say what?

    I am fascinated by research claiming that millions of people in developed countries are not literate; there has usually been some fancy footwork to get to the shockingly high figures. Your report of...

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  6. Support staff 1

    As a lecturer at Westminster University, I was dismayed to see that representatives of Westminster Students' Union have taken a stand at odds with the National Union of Students ("Strike a blow for...

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  7. Support staff 2

    The Natfhe branch at Westminster University hopes not to have to take industrial action. It has a proud record of working with the students' union to ensure that any pay docked from members' salaries...

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  8. Support staff 3

    Westminster University Students' Union urges the unions to get back around the table with the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association to discuss the pay dispute. We are trying to do exactly...

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  9. '...I have felt the ground beneath my feet tremble'

    Novelist Ahdaf Soueif put creative writing on hold in the wake of 9/11. Now, she tells Mandy Garner, she is ready to return to fiction - but not until she has dissected the War on Terror for an...

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  10. Outlook bleak for scum of the Earth

    If James Lovelock is right, our maltreatment of the planet will come to haunt us. Hugh Aldersey-Williams listens to the 'planetary physician' How should a scientist live? Specifically, how should a...

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  11. The devil within Dawkins

    Religious extremists are not hard to find, but demonising all believers along with them does science few favours. Denis Alexander takes issue with the stand taken by Richard Dawkins in his TV series...

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  12. Western tastes drain India of its rare gems

    The West must do much more to halt the centuries-long plunder of South Asia's priceless cultural heritage, argues Shreesh Chaudhary In the early hours of March 29, 2003, the Mithila Research...

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  13. Get expert help if you want to end up in court

    Our monthly guide to some of the conferences taking place around the world Academics must keep up to date to avoid problems when giving specialist evidence, Harriet Swain discovers When appeal court...

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  14. Invention and discovery

    What's it about? This conference will take an inventive look at invention in the Middle Ages, between 500 and 1500. This can include technological advances, but also the invention of literary forms...

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  15. Conference watch

    * February is a good month for academics who are interested in the arts. With January being the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, there are several conferences related to the great composer. They...

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