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  1. Judith Bailey, 1934-2008

    Judith Bailey, the former deputy director of the University of Cambridge's computing laboratory who was instrumental in helping academics apply computer technology to their research in the 1970s and...

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  2. University of Oxford - Beyond the gloom and doom

    Will the human species survive the 21st century? This was the question addressed at a conference last week, "Global Catastrophic Risks", at the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute,...

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  3. Feeding culture of fear won't defend freedom 1

    Let it be noted: the vice-chancellor of a prominent university in Britain has caved in to the culture of fear ("Researchers have no 'right' to study terrorist materials", 17 July).The University of...

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  4. Feeding culture of fear won't defend freedom 2

    The statement issued by Sir Colin Campbell, the vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham, indicating that it is illegitimate to study the operational or tactical aspects of terrorism, as...

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  5. No to New Hall's new name

    I was glad to read that 66 New Hall alumni had signed a letter of protest to the college over its "rebranding" and the change in its name ("Week in higher education", 17 July). I also would have been...

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  6. UCU boycott is racist

    I regret that Times Higher Education was not able to publish in full my remarks about the University and College Union ("Derecognise UCU over Israel motion, says Deech", 10 July). In calling for...

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  7. No room to jump

    It is wonderful to see more money being put into grants to fund boundary-hopping between disciplines ("Leap ahead", 17 July). The emphasis with these grants is on the physical and life sciences,...

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  8. Ask us oldies for answers

    I fell about laughing to read that a research grant of £123,000 will be used to help older people keep warm in winter with less fuel, reduce their carbon footprint and help them to lead "sustainable...

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  9. Kilmichael just one debate

    Your report "Troubles and strife as IRA historian draws peers' fire" (3 July) gives the misleading impression that our conference was dominated by the Kilmichael debate. In fact, over two days we...

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  10. I can help you change your life

    No, not the claim of many a self-help guru, but increasingly the mantra of modern academics. Matthew Reisz finds out why they are dipping their toes in the genre, despite its lack of scholarly kudos

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  11. After the gold rush

    Ireland's economic boom brought equally impressive growth in higher education enrolment. But in a chillier fiscal climate, what awaits the Celtic Tiger's universities? Hannah Fearn reports

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  12. Wondrousgames of logic

    Mathematician Robin Wilson's enthusiasm for Lewis Carroll stems from a shared delight in the brain-teasing and magical world of numbers. Matthew Reisz reports

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  13. 24 July 2008

    Avon calling - The self-help academics who give our lives a rosy glow