Don't stifle debate 2
In discussing the melanic form of the peppered moth, Michael Majerus does little to support his claim that "Darwinian evolution is fact" (Soapbox, THES , August 8). Rather than present "the most...
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Size matters
So frescoes bombed in 1944 were shattered into pieces "the smallest the size of a farthing" ("Italian scientists to piece together bomb-damaged church frescoes", THES , August 15). Now, how small...
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Leather lather
Charles Pasternack is wrong - there are no professors of leather technology in the UK or Europe, and I should know (Features, THES , August 8). But the world's leading School of Leather Technology is...
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Threat taken seriously
According to Lawrence Cohen ("How to make a campus a safer haven", THES , August 15), Natfhe believes that research carried out for the Nuffield Foundation "exaggerate(s) the threat of violence...
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Junk unfair RAE
The latest working of the research funding formula will further reward departments that have already struck lucky thanks to an unbalanced system ("Rethink doubles 6* winners", THES , August 15). The...
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Academy accused of favouring its fellows The government is investigating allegations of "old-boy favouritism" at the British Academy after a storm of controversy over its £2 million centenary...
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Directors snub worthless degrees A survey on student debt reveals that a fifth of company finance directors believe that university degrees are not worth their cost to students. They said that '...
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New evidence links virus with breast cancer New evidence for a link between a virus and human breast cancer has been revealed in a series of studies by Australian researchers. The virus, dubbed...
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Today's news
Top law courses plan entrance exam The move by universities to sideline A levels gathered pace yesterday as tutors drew up plans for a national test to admit students to law courses. (Times) Call for...
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Oxbridge sets new exam to select the best Oxford and Cambridge universities are turning their back on A levels and reintroducing their own entrance exam papers after being overwhelmed by candidates...
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£6.75m for Thames Gateway project
The University of East London will get £6.75 million as part of the government's community plan for the Thames Gateway, recently announced by deputy prime minister John Prescott. The funding is part...
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Barclays predicts massive growth in students' debts
Student debt is predicted to triple to more than £30,000 by 2010 according to Barclays Bank, writes Alison Goddard. The survey found that this year's graduates typically owe £11,000. The figure will...
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Call to name and shame review flouters
The Royal Society is considering a clampdown on the publication of questionable science amid growing anger over the media storms that such results provoke. A Royal Society review, announced this week...
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Chairman dies at 91
Sir Edward Pickering, who has chaired the company that publishes The THES for the past 14 years, has died at the age of 91. Although not a household name outside the world of journalism, Sir Edward...