-----Original Message----- From: Merck M Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:38 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FW: REF plans Subject: RE: REF plans Fascinating to see in the Guardian article below that research on gender and culture has been singled out for defunding. There's no social importance in analyzing the roots of the subordination of more than half the population, is there? Mandy Merck Media Arts Royal Holloway http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/sep/23/panel-funding-university -research