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  1. At odds over pay

    David Fysh and Alan Carr are at odds with other union colleagues and employers over the lecturers' pay offer (Letters, THES , November 7). The framework agreement offers increases of between 7.7 and...

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  2. Hands off science 1

    The pressure group Sense About Science is not a force of enlightenment (Opinion, THES , November 7) but yet another vested-interest group aiming to crush dissent. This one automatically labels as "...

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  3. Hands off science 2

    Martin Conway and Andrew Young (Soapbox, THES , October 31) describe the potentially disastrous move to downgrade psychology as a science subject. In 1965, I was appointed to develop psychology at...

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  4. Subject to confusion

    Lord Puttnam and subject lobby groups should understand the Higher Education Funding Council for England's methodology before shooting off scare stories (Letters, THES , November 7). First, the...

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  5. No smoke, no fire

    Gillian Evans' comment on the outcome of the Quality Assurance Agency's audit of the University of Cambridge (Letters, THES , November 7) is as misleading as the headline ("Watchdog mauls LBS and...

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  6. Aim higher

    I am dismayed by Roger Watson's flippant generalisations about nurse educators (Letters, THES , October 24). As a professor of nursing, he should be celebrating the fact that nursing is in the realm...

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  7. Pension perils

    Any colleague contemplating a post at a German university should look carefully at their pension rights. When I took up my appointment in Munich, I was assured that my years of service in the UK...

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  8. No bias, just sense 1

    Are we reaching the stage at which it will be impossible for a man to criticise a well-known woman without being accused of sexism ("Baroness hits back at laureate's broadside", THES , October 31)?...

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  9. No bias, just sense 2

    I was shocked to see Hertfordshire University's advert "Have you got the X factor?", aligning X chromosomes with the ability to make an "instant impression" that is "instantly credible" ( THES ,...

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  10. The art of disguise

    What's in a name? Gary Day (Opinion, THES , October 31) says that "academics are not artists". But if a practising fine artist also holds an associate teaching post in an institute of higher...

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  11. Good on paper?

    Nick Saunders (Professional, THES , November 7) claims that some academics submit identical papers to multiple journals simultaneously to increase their chances of getting published. All the journals...

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  12. Miracle fishes that can rise from the dead

    The 'Lazarus' shark's ability to survive without oxygen could have vital implications for medicine. Linda Vergnani reports. It is midnight, and an icy wind is whipping the sea as Gillian Renshaw...

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  13. You pays your money, you makes your choice...

    ... and as parents play a greater role in their children's higher education decisions, league tables are likely to be their key guide. Shola Adenekan and Mandy Garner report. Parents are still...

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  14. Key that links the living and the dead

    DNA can help identify a murder victim and put a name to their killer but, says José Antonio Lorente, it is no magic wand. Rebecca Warden reports. Emilio Silva Faba ran a fish shop in the village of...

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  15. Primate suspects in Piltdown prank

    There is no doubt that Piltdown man was a hoax, but there is still little agreement on who was responsible, writes Geoff Watts. The Piltdown hoax is to palaeontology what Jack the Ripper is to...

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