May I clarify a point in your news story “ Boost for quality of Heythrop’s research ” (3 January). In it you stated that “While the college specialises in both theology and philosophy, it did not submit research in the latter subject”. We wanted to clarify for your readers that, while we did not make a separate submission to the philosophy panel of the Research Excellence Framework, we did submit research in philosophy. Our submission included work by six members of the philosophy department, covering philosophy of religion, ethics, history of philosophy, philosophy of mind and psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy of language. These books and articles were included in the submission to the theology and religious studies panel, and some will have been