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  1. Racism best tackled in the open 3

    The AUT asks why we should teach racists. But if we do not teach them, how will they learn to think in other ways? Amanda Hopkins Rugby

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  2. Neurons aside 1

    Nick Bostrom claims the theory that conscious experience is computational is "widely accepted among cognitive scientists and philosophers of mind" ("Playthings of a higher mind", THES , May 16). This...

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  3. Tricks of the trade 2

    Margaret Hodge's pledge to "create a market" in higher education ("Hodge: we will control market", THES , May 23) lays bare the government's real agenda to allow some universities to "go to the wall...

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  4. A sound assessment

    I take issue on behalf of my co-authors with Vernon Bogdanor's conclusion that our book, Democracy under Blair ("Charter 88 checklist posing as a critique", THES , May 23) breaches the Trades...

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  5. Quality drive

    I disagree with Nicholas Barr's criticism (Letters, THES , May 23) of Damian Green ("Will you stand for Blair's bloody-mindedness?", THES , May 16). It is too simplistic to say we need more graduates...

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  6. Primary numbers

    The 2.7 million-strong National Health Service workforce referred to in "A healthy e-volution" ( THES , May 16) probably includes not only NHS staff but also those working in the independent and...

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  7. Figure it out 1

    It is deeply worrying that an education secretary should be wondering out loud about the purpose, role and value of UK universities ("Devil's advocate ignites row", THES , May 16). Charles Clarke's...

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  8. Figure it out 2

    Government statistics have shown since 1990 that within five years of graduation more than half of graduates are working in jobs unrelated to the subjects of their degrees. It is puzzling, therefore...

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  9. Neurons aside 2

    So we have come to the conclusion that we are simulations? Does it not occur to Nick Bostrom that armed with this knowledge, we will become obsessed not with creating our own mini-universes but in...

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  10. Tricks of the trade 1

    Even the most rightwing, business-serving government would surely not consider paying companies to relabel their in-house training as university degree programmes, as the Council for Industry and...

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  11. Figure it out 3

    Charles Clarke may be confused and defensive about the comments he made at University College Worcester, but I am glad he spoke out and asked questions. What he said confirms the extent to which a...

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  12. Figure it out 4

    It is one thing to question the purpose(s) of a university. It is quite another to ask which, if any, of these purposes should be supported by the taxpayer. The purposes of a university are for...

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  13. Buck the trend

    Sir Harry Kroto's strictures regarding British transport are too restrained. Why are we in such a mess? Forty years ago I travelled widely in Japan on trains that ran smoothly and on time; in the UK...

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