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  1. Spence and snobbery 2

    In spite of Sir Peter Lampl's references to the "many excellent new universities" and their "many fine courses" (Soapbox, August 20), thereis no escaping the fact that he is stuck in a rut of...

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  2. Spence and snobbery 3

    Sir Peter Lampl is concerned that 3,000 pupils from independent schools are entering leading universities who would not be there if higher-achieving state-school pupils were taking up their fair...

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  3. Spence and snobbery 4

    So Cambridge University has developed a "thinking-skills test" for students and found that it predicts their performance in first-year examinations ("Entry test tackles class bias", August 13). The...

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  4. Time to look forward

    Your report on the Manchester Museum seems to suggest that the choice for university museums lies between intellectual dinosaurs and the new public management ("The culling of the dinosaurs", August...

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  5. Lessons in cheating 1

    Frank Furedi's comments on Sunderland University's policy on plagiarism ("Plagiarism edict slated", August 20) come as no surprise in the light of his opinion piece of August 6. Although social...

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  6. Lessons in cheating 2

    The news that Sunderland University allows "students to copy up to one-fifth of assignments without punishment" where "there is some doubt about whether the cohort has been properly briefed" is not...

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  7. Calling Nottingham

    Contrary to Richard Lee's assertion (Letters, August 20) Nottingham University has consistently refused to negotiate in good faith with the Association of University Teachers. A matter of weeks after...

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  8. Slovaks all at sea 1

    I was rather dismayed to see your article on refugee academics (Features, August 20) refer to Slovakia as a Baltic state, which it isn't. I hope you didn't mean a Balkan state since it isn't that...

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  9. Slovaks all at sea 2

    Your placing of Slovakia on the Baltic reminded me of a recent email from a budget airline. This corrected a previous mailing that had put Bratislava in Slovenia but assured customers that the pilots...

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  10. Master qualification

    The MChem, MEng, MMath, MPhys and MSci degrees are well-established four-year undergraduate masters degrees. They involve both a broadening and deepening of the three-year BSc curriculum and are...

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  11. No need for tablets

    So psychologists have discovered evidence of ancient post-traumatic stress ("Tablets record stress of 2094BC", August 20). I'm sure 4,000 years ago is early, but don't the Psalms have some better...

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  12. The rise of occidental heroes and villains

    Civilised or overly materialistic? Alistair Bonnett asks how the West is seen through Eastern eyes. Many academic fashions spring from nowhere and return there soon after. The study of occidentalism...

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  13. Bags of Plato but no nookie

    There aren't many places where all of human life debates the whereabouts of the corkscrew - that's the beauty of summer school, says John Kirkaldy. It was without doubt the most bizarre encounter of...

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  14. Markets will value cash over caring

    Allyson Pollock condemns new Labour's trend for back-door privatisation, which penalises the most needy in society. When Tony Blair needed urgent medical care for his heart problems earlier this year...

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  15. Not a man to be swayed by fads

    The ESRC's new director won't let trends prevent research into social evolution, says Terry Philpot. Despite Labour's seeming impatience with public-sector reform - likely to be a major debating...

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