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  1. News in brief - 7 November 2013

    Science fundingByrne fired up over ring-fencingThe capital element of the science budget should be ring-fenced to avoid the risks of “announcement-based politics”, according to Labour’s new shadow...

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  2. Anything to eat with that?

    “Hurrah for David Cameron.”That was how Janet Fluellen, our Director of Curriculum Development, responded to the prime minister’s praise for such so-called “Mickey Mouse” degrees as Golf Course...

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  4. Tough choice

    You suggest that art history may be considered (albeit unfairly) a “soft” subject (The week in higher education, 31 October). In Trinity College, Cambridge’s list of preferred subjects, however, it...

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  5. Pay it forward

    “USS’ multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the bill” (News, 31 October) reported allegations of a “black hole” in the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quoted the view that it...

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  6. One voice

    In their comprehensive article on current threats to the discipline of English (“What happens in the tempest?”, 31 October), Robert Eaglestone and Simon Kövesi make a number of points that require...

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  7. Parity of esteem

    Edward Acton raises useful questions when he argues that UK undergraduates should spend more time on their studies, particularly in the humanities and social sciences (“You get out what you put in”,...

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  8. Dark projections

    The BUAV is wrong to suggest that the recent university debates on animal research were in any way “controlled” (“Rigged results”, Letters, 31 October). Student debating societies ran the events and...

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  9. Reactionary Robbins

    It is easy at an anniversary to lapse into hagiography and “The dambuster” (24 October) is guilty of this. While the Robbins report was an important document, its contribution to the expansion and...

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  10. Still too easy to slip on the welcome mat

    Various articles in last week’s Times Higher Education (including “Bad Indian signs, but applications hold up despite crackdown”, News, 31 October) covered UK international recruitment and the degree...

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  11. The week in higher education - 7 November 2013

    As our readers know, we strive for nothing less than 100 per cent accuracy. Thus it was no surprise that Times Higher Education was mentioned on 30 October in the House of Commons, with the implicit...

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