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  1. University of Oxford - Names to remember

    Ten endangered species have been bestowed with common English names. Until now, the species have not been widely known due to their lengthy Latin designations, but now the public has picked informal...

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  3. Faith in Vince's two-step

    Yes it’s complex, but the graduate tax is the least of all evils, says Kevin Fong

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  4. We must not rush our part-time PhDs

    I have become increasingly worried about an apparent emphasis on the time that research students take to complete their doctorates and yet more league tables citing universities' completion rates ("...

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  5. Big picture, locally drawn

    The debate on maximising the impact of research at this year's research methods festival ("'Pure' may be too simple, warn social scientists", 15 July), in which I participated, tackled the issue of "...

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  6. Hands across the oceans

    If only the lives of international officers were half as glamorous as Caroline Knowles suggests ("The UK plc roadshow", 8 July). Unfortunately, she presents a limited and one-sided account of the...

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  7. Aspirational language

    The idea that Quality Assurance Agency inspectors will report on "threshold standards" ("'Threshold standards' to be upheld when inspectors call", 15 July), when the term "threshold" by dictionary...

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  8. Alas, poor Yorick

    We are writing to express our disappointment at ÌÇÐÄVlog's decision to publish the article titled "Brussels cash comes at a terrible price" by Yorick Wilks (1 July). The article, which...

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  9. Outbreak of 'Endnotitis'

    Your article "Style points" (15 July) reminded me of the notes for contributors to the Journal of Education for Teaching, edited at the time by the late Ed Stones. He was known for his no-nonsense...

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  10. Divide and (slide) rule

    A false dichotomy is posed when physics and engineering compete ("Physicists defend coffers from a raid by engineers", 22 July). Without physics there would be no engineering and vice versa. The...

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  11. Scientific romance

    Re "And yet it works" (22 July). (Declaration of interest: I fell in love with science aged 5 and never looked back ...)I caress your hypothesisAnd gently adjust your little factors.How excellent...

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  12. Profits of doom

    Climate change is serious business - in more ways than one. Martin Cohen describes how capitalist 'bootleggers' have co-opted the environmental 'Baptists' to fulfil their raison d'etre - making money...

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  13. The virtue of verse

    How seriously are we to take the meaning of poetry? George Watson considers the costs of seeing poetry as largely spontaneous and self-expressive

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  14. Get in shape: lose the fat

    Clive Bloom sheds few tears for Middlesex's strangely underpopulated philosophy department - or any other corners of an academy short on recruits and long overdue for the axe. He argues that to save...

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  15. 29 July 2010

    Boom then bust? - UK may pay high price for escalating overseas fees