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  1. Leader: Cheats mustn't prosper

    Plagiarism is the subject of the moment in higher education. Hardly a week goes by without the launch of some system to combat a practice that is perceived to be sweeping universities and colleges....

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  2. Ceiling cracked not shattered

    As someone who has been researching (and living) equality issues in higher education, I was pleased to read the headline on the front page of last week's Times Higher - "Women crack glass ceiling" (...

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  3. Upfront mission

    Michael Merrifield appears to believe that because no one asked for his opinion about Beagle 2 , it sneaked into being through the back door (Letters, June 25). How wrong can he be? We were selected...

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  4. Animals will not cure

    Tipi Aziz is misleading patients that animal experiments will provide cures ("Back animal lab, top surgeon demands", June 25). The cardiovascular, respiratory and blood pressure systems of animals...

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  5. Insight into reality TV

    I understand David Wilson's resignation from Big Brother ("Resist lure of reality TV", June 25), but the assumption is that "academic insight" and "entertainment" are mutually exclusive. When...

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  6. Suckers not slackers

    Tim Birkhead's piece on the sucker spectrum was long overdue (Professional, June 11). Sarah Vickerstaff's letter (June 25) on junior staff taking up the slack when glitterati research transfers take...

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  7. Peerless process

    Contrary to your leader (June 25), the main problem with peer review is that it simply does not live up to its name: reviewer and reviewed are often not peers. On the whole, reviewers represent a...

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  8. Devil of a decision

    Bob Brecher replying to Alan Dershowitz's recommendation of torture in some legal cases (Letters, June 18) rightly stresses that this would be a slippery slope, but he fails to make the point that...

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  9. Knights out of order

    Your publication of the Honours list ("Queen's Birthday Honours", June 18) is much appreciated, but you have confused Knights Bachelor (which all those in your list received) with the KBE, which was...

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  10. When class counts

    David Rose (Letters, June 25) explains why we need to group people by social class using the example of how such classifications reveal social inequalities in health. But the introduction of the...

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  11. Give me guidance

    I feel Susan Bassnett perhaps overstated her point when she said "there is so much guidance around (for academics) about how to write (CVs)" (Professional, June 25). There is much advice for non-...

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  12. Reviewer reviewed

    The seasoned author/editor is never surprised to run across a less-than-flattering review. One shrugs it off and moves on. But Jacques Guy's review of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's...

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  13. Land where women can really clean up

    If Iranian men divorce, they have to give their wives back pay for housework. As the West pushes for democracy in Iraq, Huw Richards asks if we should be focusing on its more liberal neighbour, in...

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  14. You say 'terrorist', I say God-fearing Muslim

    As power is handed over in Iraq, academics assess the impact of US foreign policy at home and abroad. Whatever America's intentions in the Middle East, most of the Arab world views the superpower as...

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  15. They may be down, but they're not out

    As power is handed over in Iraq, academics assess the impact of US foreign policy at home and abroad. Have the neocons had their day or could they bounce back? ask Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke....

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