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A generation ago, scientists invented means to intentionally "cut and paste" pre-existing fragments of DNA, allowing for the manual construction of new DNA molecules and the advent of "genetic...
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Real men will always head for the shed
With the 'bloke' making a comeback, Clive Bloom examines a raft of publications designed to appeal to nostalgic - and slightly eccentric - fellas everywhere The metrosexual is dead. Long live the...
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Left Bank thinkers veer to the right
Conservative intellectuals lead the field in French election, writes David Todd The campaign for this spring's French presidential elections seems to have revived the political influence of Parisian...
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Laurie Taylor Column
UNIVERSITY OF POPPLETON BSc in Palmistry Report from the external examiner: Professor J. K. L. Anonymous This was another very successful year for the department of palmistry. There were 36 first-...
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The exaggerations of an exile 1
I would like to congratulate Exeter University for aiming to set up a European Centre for Palestinian Studies. I hope that it can play its part in the foundation of a Palestinian state. But it won't...
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The exaggerations of an exile 2
Illan Pappé is reported as being concerned that if Jewish students concentrate on defending Israel "they then risked drawing Muslim anger against the state of Israel upon themselves". I do not see...
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Waste of a great tutor 1
One of Paul Buckland's students at Bournemouth University sings his praises as a fine teacher, passionate about his subject, a fair marker and someone who always has an open door (Letters, April 6)....
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Waste of a great tutor 2
The recent resignation of a professor who has had his marking and that of a second marker overturned by a head of school with a vested interest in passing students is surely prescient ("Marks U-turn...
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Understanding life
With regard to last week's article on biosemiotics (Features, March 30), my impression is that there is a quite wide understanding among biologists that life is communicational. Immunologists,...
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The way to motivate
Your article "Bin recipe book, let them create" (Working Knowledge, March 30) on linking teaching and research for students didn't make any reference to the role of dissemination in the process. I...
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To spend is to save
The Chancellor's announcement of increased spending on science is welcome, as is the news that research councils are to be allowed to use their end-of-year flexibility. This restores ?100 million to...
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Sights set ever lower
The Times Higher deserves congratulation for the reports in recent issues highlighting the appalling pressures confronting younger academic staff in particular. Universities are subject to greater...
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OU lights the way
I'm concerned about the comments made in your article "Tutors despair over students" (March 30) and especially the comment that there are "some students who do not work hard enough". If this is a...
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How to make it add up
"Participation hits 43%" (March 30) missed the figures paving the way for Tony Blair's legacy. It shows that, if the initial participation rate is extended to include those aged 31-60, and if private...
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Leader: Ensuring cheats do not prosper
A couple of years ago, one university, in a desire to be seen to be taking the issue of plagiarism seriously, took the commendable step of spelling out exactly what did and what did not constitute...