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Western universities don鈥檛 expect new emir to shake up status quo

Western universities don鈥檛 expect new emir to shake up status quo
I was interested to see that Open University researchers are trying to map every tree in the UK (Campus round-up, June). The problem is, of course, that they won鈥檛 see the wood.Michael...
There is growing evidence that marijuana may be helpful in the treatment of chronic pain, so I thought for a moment that approaching old age was about to become a little more pleasant when I read of...
For two reasons, John Linfoot鈥檚 letter on 鈥渃osting鈥 student contact time made me smile (鈥淐ontact lenses鈥, Letters, 4聽July). On the one hand, his figures are awry: the figure of 300聽notional 鈥渃ontact...
Even as a mere master鈥檚 student at St Anne鈥檚 College, Oxford, I was astounded by the antiquated and conflicting claims made by Anthony Rodriguez (Letters, June).First he refers to the 鈥渂izarre ordeal...
Wes Streeting is right that our universities must be places of empowerment and support for all students (鈥淟eaders show how to build gay-friendly campus鈥, News, 聽June). An interesting area is how they...

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