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  1. Give some respect 2

    The reaction of some of your columnists to the Durham memo on the teaching of controversial topics illustrates a one-dimensional understanding of "academic freedom" (Frank Furedi, for example). This...

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  2. An ignorant response 1

    The complaint of the subject librarian at Bangor University about its service being reduced to the level of a further education college is revealing in its ignorance ("Librarians under threat",...

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  3. An ignorant response 2

    "The process of literature searches is substantially de-skilled by online bibliographical resources". True, but only for bad literature searches. Presumably this demonstrates the quality of...

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  4. Misplaced confidence

    Jane Hutton of Warwick University criticises the recent funding council report on patterns of participation ("Hefce access study 'flawed'", February 11). I have no wish to defend the report in...

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  5. Poor spin-off returns 1

    No one can be opposed to the idea of maximising the commercial benefits of academic research but there are, as the Lambert report says, "too many unsustainable spin-offs". The dispersal of public...

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  6. Poor spin-off returns 2

    Ederyn Williams' commentary on the commercialisation of university research ("Uncle Sam's out in front, but we're hot on his heels", February 4) highlights how difficult it is to make international...

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  7. Merger notes

    Your article on the talks between the Association of University Teachers and Natfhe was right to observe that all the principal issues have now been resolved between negotiators ("Merger details go...

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  8. Upward bound

    You report that full-time undergraduate numbers were down at University College Northampton in 2004 by 16.9 per cent to 1,988 ("Middlesex tops growth league", February 4). Our admissions figures show...

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  9. Lowdown on high pay

    The projected starting salary of £22,000 for graduates is calculated by the Association of Graduate Recruiters on the basis of salaries paid by blue-chip employers, who recruit only a fraction of...

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  10. Bundle of joy spells bundle of trouble

    Family-friendly policies may look good on paper, but fall short of many parents' needs, writes Caroline Gatrell The academic career ladder has never been easy for women to climb and they are poorly...

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  11. You call yourself an intellectual?

    Feeding off the spoils of oft-cited research hardly counts as original thought, says Steve Fuller To the naive observer, intellectuals and academics look very much alike. Both talk a lot, gesture...

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  12. Oi, Dirty Den, meet Dirty Don

    EastEnders celebrates 20 years of ratings success this month. But with audience figures now tumbling and its future reportedly in doubt, what could ever take its place? Valerie Atkinson proposes a...

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  13. Polar desert where McMurdo became my MacDowell

    Nick Petford's expedition to one of the planet's most remote areas left him feeling like a cross between Shackleton and Bill Murray in Groundhog Day This is a tale of frustration and elation - the...

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  14. Enter raw politics, stage right

    Mark Hankinson urges student theatre groups to swap bland Bardolatry for risky, relevant full-frontal assaults when treading the boards, especially in the current climate Student theatre - raw, young...

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