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  1. Angels with dirty hands

    Thank you for publishing Roger Watson's article on why we need nurses to be educated to degree level in the UK ("We need the IV leaguers", 28 July).As Watson makes clear, there is absolutely no...

    #Letters

  2. Willetts, you were warned

    The University and College Union and student leaders have warned from the outset that tripling tuition fees would deter people, especially those from poorer backgrounds, from applying to university...

    #Letters

  3. The spite stuff

    Richard J. Evans is right that reviewers have an obligation to be honest ("Critical path: how did a book reviewer and an author end up in court?", 4 August).As a reviews editor for Archives, the...

    #Letters

  4. Zero intolerance

    Could we please remind ourselves to correct at every opportunity the developing habit of referring to the 20th century as the 1900s?Of course, the same problem affects other centuries. This evening...

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  5. God in the pension plan

    Where is this surge of "post-secularist" commentary coming from ("Spirit levels", 28 July)? It is unlikely to be the British populace, so many of whom consider gods redundant and identify themselves...

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  6. Insidious inflation

    Can someone tell me when British universities began the practice of shaving off 50 per cent of grades (usually, 75 per cent of second-year and 25 per cent of third-year grades) for final assessments?...

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  7. Film review: Cowboys & Aliens

    In which High Noon meets high-concept sci-fi carnage - and shoots blanks, says Duncan Wu

    #Culture
    #Film

  9. Richard Pike, 1950-2011

    Whether it was decrying "Mickey Mouse" degrees or rubbishing the oil industry's estimates on remaining petroleum reserves, Richard Pike was not afraid to speak his mind as chief executive of the...

    #Obituary
    #People

  10. THE Scholarly Web

    Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

    #Opinion
    #THE Scholarly Web

  11. Campus round-up

    Imperial College LondonBypassing the burgersGastric bypass surgery makes people want to eat healthier food, according to a new study. Scientists at Imperial College London found that patients who...

    #Campus round-up
    #News

  12. Odds and quads

    Gladys Aylward, the English missionary pictured with two of her adopted children (see image, right), became a household name when her heroic exploits escorting 100 orphans to safety through war-torn...

    #News
    #Odds and quads

  13. What are you reading?

    A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

    #Books
    #What are you reading?

  14. 11 August 2011

    Children’s hour - The obsession with contact time is infantilising our students