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  1. What are universities for?

    What are universities for? The question at the heart of the academic mission has been given added urgency by education secretary Charles Clarke. Gordon Graham, professor of philosophy at Aberdeen...

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  2. Our work is to free talent in the project of humanity

    What are universities for? The question at the heart of the academic mission has been given added urgency by education secretary Charles Clarke. Ben Okri, novelist and poet, says higher education is...

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  3. Society will never survive on bread and circuses alone

    What are universities for? The question at the heart of the academic mission has been given added urgency by education secretary Charles Clarke. Gordon Graham, professor of philosophy at Aberdeen...

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  4. Travels in time put flesh on forebears

    To comprehend the lives of the early humans who laid the foundations of civilisations, Steven Mithen sent a fictional observer to visit them Late one afternoon last October, I climbed a hill in...

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  5. Horses for (university) courses 1

    To accuse new universities of "bureaucratic practice" as Frank Furedi does ("Why I believe new universities mean lower academic standards", THES , June 13) and to suggest that this has contributed to...

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  6. Horses for (university) courses 2

    Frank Furedi's anxiety that "whenever politicians decide to expand the definition of a university, the quality of academic education deteriorates" is reminiscent of the alarm of propertied men about...

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  7. Horses for (university) courses 3

    Sir Derek Roberts' narrow view on improving London's poor innovation record ("Narrow focus key to London innovation", THES , June 13) does the capital no favours. Ignoring the potential of...

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  8. Horses for (university) courses 4

    Sir Richard Sykes' consistent position that there should be no more than five research-intensive universities ("Teaching-focused 'not worthy' of university title", THES , June 6) is to be admired...

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  9. Historical heresy

    Medieval heresy was often depicted as a disease, albeit not a virus ("Get medieval with al-Qaida", THES , June 13). Inquisitors saw their activities as cutting off poisoned limbs. However, the effect...

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  10. Cavalier attitude

    Your Whistleblowers report about alleged academic corruption in the journalism department at Liverpool John Moores University ( THES , June 6) was based largely on documents I submitted to an...

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  11. Too early to budget

    Your report "Health academics fear NHSU will grab slice of research pie" ( THES , June 13) on the National Health Service University's possible involvement in research was inaccurate in one key...

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  12. Taxi test online

    Your diary entry "Taxiing on the internet" ( THES , June 13) claims that I think aspirant London cabbies can "learn" routes online when what I advocate is online testing. The syllabus for London's...

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  13. Wanted: dead and alive

    The shortage of cadavers is a concern for anatomy teaching's future but so is the potential shortage of anatomists ("Why low body count is fatal for anatomy", THES , June 6). As anatomical research...

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  14. Calculated belief

    Keele University managers' defence of the Owengate financial restructuring deal ("Keele denies cash 'wheeze' costs", THES , June 6) illustrates our difficulties. Pro vice-chancellor Tony Dugdale...

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  15. Bridges to bodies

    If the spectator of Yerma's Eggs feels alienated or confused, as suggested in your feature " In vitro veritas " (THES, June 13), perhaps this is the intention of the theatre production and a strength...

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