Pay differentials 3
Andrée Grau asks how magnanimous is a gift of £4,000 from a vice-chancellor's salary of £181,000 (Letters, February ). With tax relief, the gift represents 2.8 per cent of total income, and since the...
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Stifled by regulation
In his comments about the accountability of researchers (Letters, March 5), Woody Caan implies that the only researchers concerned about hyperregulation are those with a commercial interest. Had he...
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Spreadsheet tragedy
The University of East Anglia's proposal to close down drama, linguistics and modern languages is yet another example of the direction in which universities are heading, putting spreadsheets above...
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The right's hijack of US science
Top scientists are alarmed by the willingness of the Bush regime - which deems a man who prescribes Bible study for premenstrual tension an expert on birth control - to place ideology above impartial...
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Does lying naked in a coffin help you to win the White House?
Both George W. Bush and John Kerry are Bonesmen, but neither will divulge the secrets of the Skull and Bones Society. Walter Ellis digs into history in search of skeletons in the closet of the next...
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Spring in Paris, and revolution's in the air again
France's intellectuals have gone to war against the government. Jennifer Wallace reports. If you ask any wistful romantic about his image of the French intellectual, he will probably paint you a...
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Sleep easy with your baby right beside you
Prompted by a Lancet report, the press told parents that sleeping with a newborn raises its risk of cot death - when nothing could be further from the truth, says Ayala Ochert. Parents who bring...
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Thin gruel of cliche will never win votes
In refashioning the Tory Party, Michael Howard should look to its most durable leader - the 14th earl of Derby, argues John Charmley. The recent statement by Conservative leader Michael Howard of his...
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Think UM25, think sexy research, think tarmac
The annual gathering of the Travellers' Rest Group of emerging universities is coming round and Ted Prince must help his v-c win some headline glory. "I want the University of the M25 to be known as...
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The right's hijack of US science
Top scientists are alarmed by the willingness of the Bush regime - which deems a man who prescribes Bible study for premenstrual tension an expert on birth control - to place ideology above impartial...
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Does lying naked in a coffin help you to win the White House?
Both George W. Bush and John Kerry are Bonesmen, but neither will divulge the secrets of the Skull and Bones Society. Walter Ellis digs into history in search of skeletons in the closet of the next...
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Spring in Paris, and revolution's in the air again
France's intellectuals have gone to war against the government. Jennifer Wallace reports. If you ask any wistful romantic about his image of the French intellectual, he will probably paint you a...
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Sleep easy with your baby right beside you
Prompted by a Lancet report, the press told parents that sleeping with a newborn raises its risk of cot death - when nothing could be further from the truth, says Ayala Ochert. Parents who bring...
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Thin gruel of cliche will never win votes
In refashioning the Tory Party, Michael Howard should look to its most durable leader - the 14th earl of Derby, argues John Charmley. The recent statement by Conservative leader Michael Howard of his...
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Think UM25, think sexy research, think tarmac
The annual gathering of the Travellers' Rest Group of emerging universities is coming round and Ted Prince must help his v-c win some headline glory. "I want the University of the M25 to be known as...