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  1. Universities have vital role in CAM research 2

    There is a lot of mumbo-jumbo in some areas of CAM, but many, especially herbal medicine, have for decades been dominated by clinical and bioscientific approaches.Many such practices are evidence-...

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  2. Universities have vital role in CAM research 3

    Times Higher Education says that evidence for the effectiveness of homoeopathy "is encouraging for chronic fatigue syndrome only".We wish to correct this assertion and point out that there are eight...

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  3. History of stupidity 1

    I was interested to read that falling standards date from 1997 ("Keep it stupid, simple", 23 October). I suspect that such alleged instances simply come to light more easily in these times of...

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  4. History of stupidity 2

    There are only three, but why are the images accompanying the article about dumbing down all of young women? The first, inevitably, suggests "dumb blonde".Incidentally, the comment you attribute to...

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  5. Late risers will still pay

    The assertion in the article on the 5 per cent pay increase is in need of clarification ("Staff denied full pay rise at two institutions", 23 October).The Universities and Colleges Employers...

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  6. Pay spines and pensions

    So, university managements do not want to give staff a pay increase, but do want to retain the final-salary pension scheme in which they are all members ("Employers want to retain final-salary...

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  7. Confident about risks

    Contrary to the impression given by the story "Business-facing project 'high risk'" (30 October), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) is delighted to be investing in the large-...

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  8. Employability horror story

    It is, perhaps, very appropriate that Lee Harvey's letter (30 October) should have been printed in the week leading up to Hallowe'en and in the same issue as your leader article on the validity of...

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  9. Free choice is not elitist

    I feel I must take issue with Brian Roper of London Metropolitan University ("Go private, London Met boss tells Oxbridge", 16 October).Of course universities should ideally be all-inclusive and "...

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  10. Overseas briefing

    AustraliaUniversities back in vogueUniversity applications in Australia have experienced a surge after "years in the doldrums", according to The Australian newspaper. Statistics from the University...

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  12. Part-funding rewards 'average' at expense of elite

    The vice-chancellor of one of Australia's elite research universities has criticised what he sees as the spread of funding around "average" institutions to "make people feel good about themselves"....

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  13. Europe shows green light

    Millions of euros on offer to speed up commercialisation of transport technologies, writes Zoe Corbyn

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  14. Grant winners

    BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATIONThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced 104 grants of $100,000 (£64,000) each in the first round of its Grand Challenges Explorations scheme. They have...

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