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  5. Suited businessman examining paperwork with magnifying glass

    Valuing research rectitude

    Peer review may not spot fraud – so universities need to be vigilant in tackling any wrongdoing among their staff

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  7. Don’t shut down Heythrop College

    We are writing to express our concern at the news that Heythrop College, a college of the University of London that specialises in philosophy and theology, is to close (“Heythrop College to end in ‘...

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  8. Lack of assured thinking

    In my view, it does not make sense to abandon a well-established system of periodic quality inspections by the Quality Assurance Agency (“Trust, or verify?”, Features, 30 July). As an international...

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  9. Bank of Monet and Dada

    Universities collect art for the same purposes as they do anything else – to accumulate wealth (“Art and soul”, Features, 30 July). They don’t care about art itself. They may pay lip service to it,...

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  10. Double trouble

    The supposed “doubling” of research quality in life sciences reflects both numerator and denominator (“REF triumph of life sciences ‘lacks credibility’”, News, 30 July). As judged by the fact that it...

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  11. Offa’s open mind on aid

    The Unite Foundation need not fear – the debate over the role of financial support in improving access and retention is still very much open as far as the Office for Fair Access is concerned (“...

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  12. Twisted tongue injuries

    Ruby Wax is reported to be “seeking to end the stigma surrounding mental health” (HE & me, 30 July). In a similar but more extreme linguistic vein, I have recently heard lay commentators express...

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  13. Working together

    I have some difficulty accepting the basic premise that collaborations between businesses and universities fail because academics don’t understand the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (“...

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  14. Positively international

    I was encouraged by Sir Keith Burnett’s defence of the importance of international students (“Why are international students so important to our universities?”, Blog, 17 July). Other countries have...

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  15. I, graduate

    There is an Isaac Asimov short story, Franchise, in which a single person with appropriate characteristics is selected by a computer to represent all the voters in the US, thus saving the trouble and...

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