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  1. David Kerr, 1945-2008

    Long before events thrust the relationship between Christianity and Islam to the centre of the political consciousness, David Kerr was devoting his professional life to furthering interfaith...

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  2. Targeting future skills

    Idly perusing the job adverts (Classified, 3 July), I see that a "Director of Grand Challenges" is sought who can demonstrate "outstanding communication, interpersonal and influencing skills". Lest...

    #Letters

  3. Elite in retreat 1

    Katharine Ellis manages to sound very upbeat in her response to Kevin Sharpe's appeal for a UK equivalent to any number of US institutions devoted to advanced research in the humanities (Letters, 26...

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  4. Elite in retreat 2

    Katharine Ellis's suggestion that the Warburg and the various uncoordinated institutes at Senate House constitute the national Institute for Advanced Study for which I called is a classic case of...

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  5. Examining the evidence

    If Peter Williams doubts that the external examiner system is no longer fit for purpose (Letters, 3 July), let me now extend an invitation to him to meet me and review the first-hand evidence (not...

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  6. Still seeking proof

    In our book Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial, Simon Singh and I evaluate the evidence for or against some 40 alternative therapies. We stress that several are backed by encouraging...

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  7. Living in the real world

    So, John Gilbey would like to instruct those of us in the film building to find some real scientists ("Fools! I will destroy you all!", 19 June). I already know where the science building is on my...

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  8. Perpetuating a game of charades

    The Lords debate on higher education ("Free sector and let fees rise, argue Lords", 3 July) covered most of the deceptions perpetrated in higher education.First, the cost. Quadrupling class sizes...

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  9. Recycle to disseminate

    Before we launch into a moral panic about self-plagiarism and redundant publication ("Allow me to rephrase that, and boost my tally of articles", 3 July), we ought to debate what these terms might...

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  10. Managing a complex beast

    As a manager in a UK university I can sympathise with the plight of Bernard Casey ("Generosity earns a severe scolding", 3 July). Allowing for the possibility that we don't have the full Birkbeck...

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  11. The in-betweeners

    Middle managers may be vital in today's universities, but a lack of training and grumbles that they undermine the collegial ethos have made many academics wary of the role. Tariq Tahir reports

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  12. Novel thinking

    Creative writing is as popular today as critical theory was a decade ago. Why the change, asks Penny Hancock, and how does it fit in with the study of English literature?

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  13. All the privileged must have prizes

    The banality and sense of entitlement of rich students at Harvard left John H. Summers feeling his teaching had been degraded to little more than a service to prepare clients for monied careers

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  14. 10 July 2008

    Crucial link - The struggle of the middle managers bridging the gulf between academics and the administration