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  1. Obituary: Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones, 1922-2009

    A leading Classics scholar, known for his forceful views on Christians, socialists, many of his fellow academics and most aspects of the modern world, has died.Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones was born on 21...

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  2. Cuts are inevitable, so let's join the debate 1

    Civil servants always complain about funding cuts. Police are the "thin blue line" between peace and anarchy. Without firemen, our cities would burn to the ground. Doctors keep us alive. And...

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  3. Cuts are inevitable, so let's join the debate 2

    Your coverage of the proposed cuts to higher education funding tends towards an acceptance that they will happen ("Hefce budget to be slashed by £915m over three years", 31 December). Why?Education...

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  4. Social promise

    An open letter to Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Health, from the social work higher education sector in response to the Social Work Task Force's final report.On behalf of the higher education...

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  5. Past must not derail future

    London Metropolitan University makes great things happen for students who don't get a chance elsewhere. There is some prospect of a fresh start now that the present board of governors has agreed to...

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  6. Masters and servants 1

    I was delighted to read the article about Elizabeth Hoult's paper, the presentation of which I chaired at the Society for Research into Higher Education conference in South Wales ("Let feminine side...

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  7. Masters and servants 2

    Sue Jackson would like university teachers to pay more attention to the likes of Luce Irigaray (Letters, 17 December). Is this the same Luce Irigaray who wrote that physicists prefer to study the...

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  8. Arise, Sir Bob

    Congratulations to Professor Sir Bob Burgess on his knighthood (www.timeshighereducation.co.uk, 31 December). He has done a tremendous job as vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester, which won...

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  9. Viral jargon

    In 1974, I wrote a program that produced whole paragraphs consisting of grammatically correct education jargon ("Jargon generator offers a reality check on language", 31 December). This "exposition"...

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  10. Input-output questions

    Your article "In research, small is just as beautiful" (26 November 2009) made some interesting points. However, it focused on outputs. One area that could be worthy of further investigation is to...

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  11. They crack you up

    Gary Day sees Victoria Wood as "Larkin with a sense of humour" ("Bend me over", 31 December). Has your resident lecturer in English overlooked Larkin's correspondence with Kingsley Amis, not to...

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  12. University of Teesside - In the fraud quad

    The first UK degree programme to deal specifically with how to manage economic crime will start enrolling students this autumn. The new BA in economic crime management at the University of Teesside...

  13. University of Cambridge - Insect insight

    Scientists have shown for the first time that insects, like mammals, use vision rather than touch to find footholds. They made the discovery thanks to high-speed video cameras - technology the BBC...

  14. University of Hull - Wild at port

    Academics from the University of Hull are to lead a EUR4 million (£3.6 million) European project to determine the effects of ports on wildlife in estuaries. They will then make recommendations for...

  15. Durham University - Bob's your uncle

    Local youngsters with the ability but not the means to study at Durham University are to benefit from a £1 million donation to a scholarship scheme. The donation from local entrepreneur Bob Young is...