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¡°Leopold¡±, in discussing university applicants, uses the word ¡°child¡± twice and the words ¡°offspring¡± and ¡°children¡± once each (¡°Parents have a right to attend open days¡±, Letters, 15 September).

It would be a strange university, currently or historically, that regarded and treated prospective students as ¡°children¡±. Indeed, some legislation might deem such behaviour to be illegal.

In 1834, when William Thomson ¨C subsequently Lord Kelvin ¨C attended the University of Glasgow at the age of 10, he was not treated as a child.

Iain Smith
University of Strathclyde

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