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  1. Leader: Free to be controversial

    Anyone who makes judgments on the relative capabilities of men and women knows that they are in dangerous territory. Just ask Lawrence Summers, the president of Harvard University, whose position...

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  2. Still hogging research profits? 1

    It is ironic that Rene Olivieri's criticism of supporters of open access ("Making a pig's ear of an unscientific free-for-all", Opinion, August 19) often lapsed into the polemical, as this was a...

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  3. Still hogging research profits? 2

    Given the lack of substantial price differences between paper-copy and e-subscriptions, I am not sure Rene Olivieri is being clear about his company's motivations for moving to e-subscriptions. While...

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  4. Still hogging research profits? 3

    Rene Olivieri, chief executive of Blackwell Publishers Ltd, does not take his analogy with George Orwell's Animal Farm far enough when he compares not-for-profit open-access publishers to the pigs....

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  5. No fear

    By quoting statements from individuals who know nothing of the circumstances in which the University of Wales, Lampeter discontinued its accreditation arrangement with the European Institute of Human...

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  6. Red tape's nemesis

    Can we persuade the Higher Education Funding Council for England to cut unnecessary bureaucracy and focus on more risk-based regulation? Recent initiatives are encouraging, but there is much to do;...

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  7. Star-crossed review

    I understand that astrology is not high on The Times Higher 's list of concerns, but it is unfortunate that space was given to a book on the subject (Books, August 19) when its author and reviewer...

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  8. Stifling debate

    Rikky Rooksby (Letters, August 19) accuses me of a lack of "disciplined thinking" and of inappropriate "literal interpretation" when I referred to Blake's Jerusalem as urging an "unceasing use of the...

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  9. Untimely return

    Why is Gordon Lapping returning to his desk at Poppleton University on an August Bank Holiday Monday (Laurie Taylor, August 19)? Gordon Joly London

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  10. Research strength

    Since it is clearly stated in Nottingham Trent University's strategic plan that its aim is "to achieve sustainable growth in the quality and volume of research", I was surprised and disappointed by...

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  11. Soas's Far-East failing

    The decision by the School of Oriental and African Studies this week to sack its senior specialist subject librarians for China and Japan represents a degrading of a resource built up over many years...

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  12. Balanced not biased

    Nigel Probert states (Letters, August 19) that Delia Davin reviewing Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday (Books, August 12) comes across as "an apologist for Mao". She does not. She...

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  13. Face it, maybe you are a camel

    Simon Blackburn goes in search of his inner 'Real Self' and finds his 'Old Self' Many philosophers set a lot of store by authenticity. In fact, the best ever piece of light verse about a philosopher...

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  14. Poems from the academy

    A Precious - mouldering pleasure - 'tis - poem 371, by Emily Dickinson A precious - mouldering pleasure - 'tis - To meet an Antique Book - In just the Dress his Century wore - A privilege - I think...

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