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  1. Bogus metric unused

    Milton Wainwright (Letters, January 19) asks: "Can someone tell us the name of the philistine who suggested the use of this bogus metric (journal impact factor) to determine research quality?" Well,...

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  2. Can't define freedom

    We can't usefully discuss academic freedom without considering the forces arrayed against it. These include: managerialism - the essence of which is to put those in authority against those promoting...

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  3. What about the men?

    I was somewhat confused by the claim that professorial posts "elude" women, and the quote that a "glass ceiling effect is still evident" ("Sex parity 50 years off", January 19). According to the...

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  4. Lost in translation

    Your report on the University of Central England's research bemoaning media undergraduates' lack of critical readiness ("Students unable to cope with media studies' rigour", January 19) lost much in...

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  5. Equilibrium restored

    In his admirable Against the Flow: Reflections of an Individualist , Samuel Brittan observes that he will say nothing about Nash equilibrium - the idea that won John Nash the Nobel Prize for...

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  6. Desperately seeking inspiration

    How can academe attract more black students when its street cred lags way behind football and rap music? Angela Foster investigates There are four times as many black footballers as there are black...

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  7. Che didn't need a degree in revolution...

    The UK's first masters in activism aims to help its students foster social change, but can such skills be taught? Matt Salusbury finds out Can universities teach people to be activists or is the...

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  8. Who gives a damn...

    ...about tackling global warming? Despite talk of a volte-face on climate change by Bush, US scientists remain sceptical of his Administration's commitment. Stephen Phillips reports As issues that...

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  9. Today's news

    Universities unite for joint physics school Birmingham, Nottingham and Warwick universities today announced the creation of a joint graduate school for physics. The Midlands Physics Alliance, with £3...

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  10. Today's news

    Dundee blames planned cuts on pay deal A university's announcement of plans to cut jobs has raised fears that the effects of last year's inflation-busting pay rise for lecturers are starting to bite...

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