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  1. No stars for RAE funding change 3

    Will the Stakhanovite researchers of the future be required, like the former Heroes of Soviet Labour, to pin their stars to their breast pockets? Or will US-military style, with stars on epaulettes...

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  2. Out-of-step academia

    The idea that the intellectual standard of dance academics has somehow transformed the quality of the UK's dance culture is laughable ("Research cash loss to cripple dancing", THES , April 25). Given...

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  3. Fool's gold 1

    "Golden hellos" to recruit lecturers in shortage subjects ("Thumbs down for £9K hellos," THES , April 25) would address only symptoms of the problem. They would operate like a revolving door - with...

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  4. Fool's gold 2

    I can only imagine that Ivor Crewe was being ironic in saying that Universities UK was "pleased that the government has recognised the size of the recruitment problem". The proposal is eloquent...

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  5. Chemical bothers

    The closure of chemistry departments at King's College London and at the University of Kent at Canterbury must sadden, but scarcely surprise, anyone who has worked in a UK chemistry department. This...

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  6. Spirit of 1970 lives on

    As organiser of the Warwick Spring 1970 workshop, I read Ivor Gaber's report ("Middle-class posturing or a victorious fight for real changes?", THES , April 18) with interest. While discussion did...

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  7. Don't judge the pudge

    Did the poor boy pictured above David Weatherall's review of The Hungry Gene (Books, THES , April 25) give consent to being used to symbolise a "fat kid"? I wonder what kind of treatment he gets in...

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  8. To VLE or not to VLE

    Despite a "no" vote, many voices were raised in favour of commercial virtual learning environments at a debate in the Oxford Union ("Virtual vendors 'fall short'", THES , April 18). Off-the-shelf...

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  9. We all deserve more

    I back Natfhe in its campaign for better maternity pay and leave. But the article "Academe Asda do better for mums" ( THES , April 18) suggests that the problem is that Asda staff, most of whom are...

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  10. Public information day on bioethics, Brussels

    Brussels, 30 Apr 2003 The European Bioethics Institute (IEB) is organising an information day on biotechnology and bioethics for non-scientific members of the public on 20 May in Brussels. The event...

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  11. Bionics: life sciences versus engineering sciences?

    Brussels, 30 Apr 2003 The Representation of the State of North Rhine Westphalia and Aachen University of Technology will hold a panel discussion on 'bionics - life sciences versus engineering...

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  14. Finding the ashes of the first stars

    Paris, 30 Apr 2003 Recent observations with the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the first stars formed as little as 200 million years after the Big Bang. This is much earlier than previously...

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  15. Galileo negotiations deadlocked

    Brussels, 30 Apr 2003 Negotiations surrounding Member State contributions to the proposed European satellite navigation system, Galileo, are still deadlocked, a spokesperson for the European Space...

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