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  1. Bottom of the class

    Richard Austen-Baker (Letters, June 18) complains that I haven't answered his question about the purpose of the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification. I thought I had made it clear that...

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  2. Checking the cheats

    The belief that the latest software package from the US ("High-tech checks sink web cheats", June 18) will defeat plagiarism is naive. High-tech defences will simply spawn more sophisticated cheating...

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  3. Dosh is not everything

    You highlight that numbers of graduates are still paid well under £20,000 a year - bad news for any form of graduate tax, clearly. But has the heretical thought occurred that in some cases this may...

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  4. It's not rocket science

    Without doubt, a Beagle 3 mission should compete with other world-class projects ("Pillinger launches plea for Beagle 3 ", June 18). However, this time round we need a full evaluation of all the...

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  5. Spats and cravats...

    I enjoyed your article on "the sad truth about the academic wardrobe at its worst" ("What not to wear if you want to get on", June 18) immensely . It seems, however, that the decline is even worse...

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  6. A little fine writing can go a long, long way

    Quintessentially English in form, the essay allows the writer to say a little while suggesting a lot, writes Terry Eagleton. Cynically speaking, an essayist is a writer who has no more than 20 pages...

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  7. Stinger on steroids that's even scarier than Jaws

    The box jellyfish can kill a man in minutes. Linda Vergnani meets the researchers risking unimaginable pain to take the sting out of its touch. Wearing overalls and latex gloves, Heather Walling...

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  8. Is this what makes us go 'here we go'?

    Natural feeling versus political programme, modern versus ancient, the historians can't reach agreement on what causes nationalism. Karen Gold reports. "More than 1,000 years before the arrival of...

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  9. Une nouvelle notion est enfin arrivée

    Nationalism, barely 200 years old, is impossible to avoid, says David Bell. Nationalism is one of those phenomena that get more confused the closer one looks at them. Most readers would probably...

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  10. They think it's all Ovid!

    Poetry isn't all about fields of daffodils. Spurs fan and poet Sarah Wardle's latest work is inspired by her beloved local team. The story of a poet-in-residence at Tottenham Hotspur caught the...

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  11. Swimmers put to test on the rack

    Subaqua video modules and bespoke training machines could propel Britons to Olympic gold. Matthew Baker continues our series on the sports science revolution. "It's the little things that count: when...

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  12. Today's news

    Fees waived for students taking gap year Students taking a gap year in 2005 and deferring their university place until the following autumn will be exempt from tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year...

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