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  1. Unclassy system 2

    You report that "students from rich backgrounds" are more likely than poor ones to gain entry to medicine and other subjects allied to medicine, which includes nursing. But nursing itself covers a...

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  2. Biting back

    Although peer review has good points, a disadvantage is that it can descend into backbiting about perceived status. In Britain, snobbery is most pronounced between subtle gradations of class rather...

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  3. Make citations count

    Nancy Rothwell (Opinion, April 30) suggests that the time is ripe to compare various metrics, such as citation counts, with research assessment exercise results. In fact, studies have already been...

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  4. Let students benefit

    Richard Wilson's letter (May 7) about UK postgraduates in poverty applies to many undergraduates. So why not let students who have low savings sign on with the Department of Social Security and also...

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  5. E-scape the culls

    Northumbria University finds itself in a Catch-22. It has to reduce staff, but those who remain are overburdened and unable to take on more work ("Union to ballot on staff cuts", May 7). Northumbria...

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  6. The ethics of George Bush: good, bad or irrelevant? 1

    During his controversial presidency George W. Bush has faced a variety of issues that could be addressed from an ethical standpoint, from the environmental concerns of the Kyoto protocol to the...

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  7. The ethics of George Bush: good, bad or irrelevant? 2

    During his controversial presidency George W. Bush has faced a variety of issues that could be addressed from an ethical standpoint, from the environmental concerns of the Kyoto protocol to the...

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  8. One brave heart wins over minds of many

    This week, Alison Elliot makes history as the first female in a key Church of Scotland post. Olga Wojtas asked her about breaking the stained-glass ceiling. When Alison Elliot was a schoolgirl in the...

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  9. Once more into the bunker

    Joachim Fest was forced to fight by Hitler, and he has been forced to return to the Führer time and again as a historian. Doron Arazi meets a giant of German journalism. On May 8 1945 it was all over...

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  10. Big guns may win the battle but not the war

    What wins wars? Jeremy Black finds superior arsenal is just one factor in determining which side is victorious Historians used to emphasise the material aspects of war - specifically the quality and...

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  11. Second CEN Workshop on Research and Standardisation

    Brussels, 12 May 2004 Tuesday 1st June 2004 Who? This Workshop is principally for researchers: With an interest in standardisation and/or Participating in an FP5 project already involving an element...

  14. Clear aims for European marine research conference

    Brussels, 12 May 2004 A major European conference on marine research got underway in Galway, Ireland, on 10 May, and following a spectacular opening ceremony, the 500 scientists and policy makers in...