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  1. Cynicism won't help dyslexics 1

    If universities were as cynical in their selection policy as Brian Harrison-Jennings implies ("Universities exaggerate dyslexia epidemic for own gain, expert claims", September 10), they would...

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  2. Cynicism won't help dyslexics 2

    Brian Harrison-Jennings' assertion that local education authority educational psychologists are the only ones who can provide independent and objective diagnoses for adults who think they may be...

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  3. Cynicism won't help dyslexics 3

    The need for action to raise awareness of specific learning difficulties among students is seen as important enough for the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England to fund a £500,000 study. We...

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  4. Cynicism won't help dyslexics 4

    I was dismayed but not surprised at the opinions expressed by Peter Shaw regarding the legitimacy of students with learning disabilities (Features, July 22). There is a substantial body of research...

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  5. A culture of fear

    We write as academics to express our profound disquiet at what is happening at London Metropolitan University. We are incredulous at vice-chancellor Brian Roper's statement that he did not intend to...

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  6. Careers changes

    Peter Knight's work on employability has the sound of calm common sense about it ("Take Cardinal Newman approach, lecturers told", September 10). But there is one assertion - that "most employers are...

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  7. Animal wrongs 1

    So, yet more articles in The Times Higher on animal experiments that give the views of the pro-vivisection lobby without reporting those of the pro-animal side ("Science fears attacks will rise with...

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  8. Animal wrongs 2

    The freedom of information laws will certainly increase work for some universities likely to be asked about animal experiments. But the identity of scientists and the nature of their work have always...

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  9. Animal wrongs 3

    ÌÇÐÄVlog Office Minister Caroline Flint says that animal research "saves countless lives each year". But her claim is unsupported by evidence. Meanwhile, there is abundant evidence of harm to humans from...

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  10. We're not all Sir Harry

    A fortnight ago you reported the departure of Sir Harry Kroto to the United States because he fears that he will no longer be able to work in UK universities after his 65th birthday. This is clearly...

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  11. Simplified evolution

    Where's the God's-eye view to say whether the cosmos has a telos or not? Simon Blackburn's review of Michael Ruse's Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose? (Books, August 13) re-runs the...

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  12. What Europe can do with its feminine virtue

    Neocon Robert Kagan is itching to let narcissistic, wimpy pacifists know just how much they rely on American muscle. Stephen Phillips talks to him Robert Kagan suspects that much of the stir caused...

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  13. A swift brawl is all in a medieval day's work

    A rare family archive has given historians a taste of the everyday Middle Ages, says Helen Castor It is no exaggeration to say that biography is the cultural form of the moment. Academic concerns...

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  14. Anglo-Saxon 'weed' choking Euro flowers?

    In the competition to woo foreign students, ever more European institutions are offering tuition in English. Harriet Swain finds a mixed reaction to the trend Aslak de Silva is from Finland. He has...

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  15. Wary Britons resist union sales pitches

    British conservatism keeps Europe at arm's length despite the benefits of European Union membership. Huw Richards asks academics how the Government could change voters' minds Among the benefits...

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