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  1. School's out 1

    Last week I was asked to comment on the report that the London School of Economics was considering establishing a "Blair School of Government". I said, by e-mail: "We have had no discussions with the...

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  2. School's out 2

    A Blair School of Government seems a little far-fetched. But a Blair Institute of War would surely be just the thing. Keith Flett Tottenham

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  3. Different market 1

    What is most depressing about the discussion of market forces in UK higher education ("Bankruptcies on the cards" and Opinion, September 22) is the simplistic terms in which it is being conducted by...

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  4. Different market 2

    Terence Kealey and other advocates of market-based solutions to education are correct to point out that a genuine free market in education will result in some universities going bankrupt. But such...

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  5. Suffering sentients

    The author of "Long and tortuous goodbye to Stud Muffin No 1" (September 22) says: "The day I see a mouse pay National Insurance contributions I might delude myself that it is a sentient creature."...

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  6. Rock on 1

    Surely the institution that contributed most to rock history must be Coventry University, as this was where Chuck Berry's My Ding-a-ling was recorded ("That gown is so rock'n'roll", September 8)....

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  7. Rock on 2

    Surely it is more significant when a group is formed at university rather than just noting that a band member was an alumnus. Thus groups such as The Editors (from Staffordshire University) are more...

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  8. You pays yer money...

    Is higher education being killed by a commercial culture and a consumer mentality? As the first students to pay top-up fees start university this week, academics give their views of the learning...

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  9. Dr Dai Llemmer

    In this new monthly column, Dr Dai Llemmer, part-time head of crisis management at a research-indifferent university in the South Yorkshire Commute-to-Work zone, offers timely advice on problems...

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  10. In line for a licking from our mother tongue

    Universities in other European countries are increasingly offering courses conducted in English. This could have serious implications for recruitment of students to UK institutions, Anna Fazackerley...

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  11. Looking for Papa in Cuba

    Huw Richards meets a scholar who is pursuing international connections that he considers vital to comprehending the work of Ernest Hemingway. Few writers have a clearer image than Ernest Hemingway as...

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  13. Conference watch

    The Academy of Medical Sciences is discussing the Science of Violence on October 19. The meeting will bring together biomedical scientists, policymakers, lawyers, law enforcers and the public to look...

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  14. Preview

    In the run-up to a conference to celebrate the life of Joseph Rotblat, Bruce Kent shares fond memories of the late Nobel laureate and peace campaigner with Michael North Bruce Kent, the vice-...

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  15. Change rules to end game-play

    The intense optimisation activity surrounding preparations for the research assessment exercise wastes much time that academics could better spend on research and teaching. That three of my...

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