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  1. Nul points for top ten journal idea 5

    The pressure on academics to publish in so-called "prestigious" journals is already having a detrimental impact on the likelihood of writing for, and working with, campaigning groups. Such activities...

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  2. Nul points for top ten journal idea 6

    Publishing a top ten list for journals in each field is a great idea, provided the charts are updated every week and published on a Radio 1 show hosted by a big-name DJ or, failing that, Laurie...

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  3. Cash issues 1

    Your leader "Top-up fears diminish" (January 28) is right - it would be reasonable to expect many applicants to have deferred their gap year to beat the fees hike. Perhaps the figures reported in the...

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  4. Cash issues 2

    Fees and fundraising are the key factors in the underfunding of Oxbridge compared with the best US universities. But these constraints are linked by the UK system of centralised regulation. UK...

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  5. Science in shadows

    Save British Science is not surprised that the Tory Party will not admit it has a Shadow Minister of Science (Peep's diary, January 28). For three years we've been trying to find anyone on its front...

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  6. Welsh are no worse 1

    In the debate over the University of Wales, no one has ever suggested that standards in Welsh institutions are lower than in English ones. Indeed, the Times Higher article "Watchdog reissues warning...

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  7. Welsh are no worse 2

    The real issue is not the failure of the University of Wales's authorities to respond to the recommendations in audit reports, but the fact that, because of the division of labour that exists,...

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  8. Quality punctuation?

    I notice that the Quality Assurance Agency website commends: a department for "it's" basic information technology skills programme; a university for "it's" teaching review; another for "it's" mission...

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  9. Shift the focus

    I very much agree with the sentiments of Graeme Harper about leading universities (Letters, January 28). Except for a handful of universities, and I do mean a handful, the overall standing of the...

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  10. Don't take our name

    Ruskin College, an adult residential college in Oxford founded in 1899, is opposed to one of Anglia Polytechnic University's proposed new names - Anglia Ruskin University ("Anglia revives name game...

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  11. Remember them all

    Many people are unaware there is a day commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz, on January , and many of our students either have not heard of Auschwitz or see it as a historical event with little...

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  12. Lost in location

    Your map of institutions given funds to set up centres for excellence in teaching and learning locates Edge Hill College of Higher Education in the Midlands (News, January 28). In fact, it is in...

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  14. Take a lesson from a leading 'brand'

    Students will 'shop' elsewhere if a university fails to treat them as paying customers, argues John McCarthy With a significant number of universities having declared that they will charge fees of £3...

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  15. Hawking, Gorbachev, Said... and Kapranos

    The Franz Ferdinand singer and ex-academic followed in illustrious footsteps this week. Olga Wojtas reports. It has been a year of recognition for the Glasgow indie band Franz Ferdinand: the Mercury...

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