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  1. Aileen Smith, 1953-2009

    A leading expert on plant physiology, known as "Aunty Aileen" on campus because of her sympathetic treatment of students facing difficulties, has died.Aileen Smith was born in Glasgow on 8 August...

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  2. In research ethics, one size doesn't fit all 2

    I broadly agree with Ron Iphofen, particularly his thought that the various disciplines within the social sciences should come together to discuss research ethics. This is probably no surprise as I...

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  3. Spreading resistance

    As Malcolm Grant puts it, the recent discussion about the prevention of violent extremism in universities centred on the issue that "intellectual freedom on campus cannot be compromised" ("Freedom of...

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  4. Editorial support

    Following your report on the Medical Hypotheses affair ("Unclear outlook for radical journal as HIV/Aids deniers evoke outrage", 14 January), I wrote to many of the people who have published in the...

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  5. 'Best in show' is useless

    It was interesting to read that the RAND Europe report on research impact favours the ill-fated Australian Research Quality Framework (RQF) as the "best fit" for such a model here ("Global impact...

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  6. Ministerial clarification

    You kindly reported my comment that ministers should have the discretion to choose and replace their own advisers ("We 'just don't like them' is adequate reason to dismiss advisers, claims shadow...

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  7. Do it yourself 1

    While the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey results always exert a certain morbid fascination for many of us, this sadly deflects us from the real issue, which is how we can improve...

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  8. Do it yourself 2

    Congratulations are due to Canterbury Christ Church University on its considerably improved performance in the Student Experience Survey. Your report on the poll rightly gives credit to the...

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  9. Unfairly unflattering

    As a scholar who has used the Colindale Newspaper Library for nearly 20 years, I do not recognise the negative portrait painted of it in the article by Huw Richards ("Moving words", 7 January). Will...

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  10. Responsible management

    In recent times, people have rightly questioned the role that business schools play in societal and economic development ("The bottom line is not enough: how business schools fail their students", 7...

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  11. Silly season

    Anyone in any doubt that a "general culture of masculinity in the academy" persists need only look at the derision of women/feminist academics as "silly" to find a perfect illustration ("Still second...

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  12. In research ethics, one size doesn't fit all 1

    In his article "Do the right thing - unite" (14 January), Ron Iphofen says that all the social sciences have to do to overcome the apparently endless debate about research ethics is to agree on a...

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  13. University of Leicester - Space is golden

    Fifty years of space research is being celebrated at the University of Leicester, with tributes to Ken Pounds, one of the professors who established the discipline at the institution. Among the...

  14. University of Sheffield - Somali outreach

    An outreach project has been launched by the University of Sheffield to raise the educational aspirations of the city's Somali community. Run with partners including the Sheffield Somali Community...

  15. University of Birmingham - HIV guidelines questioned

    Discrepancies in World Health Organisation guidelines for treating children with HIV/Aids have been identified by scientists at the University of Birmingham. Counts of a cell called CD4 T are used to...