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You have to feel a twinge of sympathy for Dame Julia Higgins. Although she has been president of the British Association and deputy rector of Imperial College, The Times Higher couldn¡¯t quite believe a woman could possibly chair a major research council and added an ¡°n¡± to her first name to turn her into a male (On the move, June 8).

Alan Malcolm
London