Born-again fears in age of science
Britain's creationists are a small, self-effacing band by comparison with their US counterparts. Their emphasis is on debates within the church rather than on changing the National Curriculum. But...
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A place for everyone in a joined-up lifelong sector
Third in our summer series on education at at century's end, David Melville precicts a seamless post-16 learning environment. Greater challenges lie ahead for further education, and for post-16...
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Cluster with clout
With some bumps along the road, the UK's bioindustry cluster seems to be on the way this week with the results of three high-technology planning applications near Cambridge (page 44). A big expansion...
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Let poetic voice speak
Simon Kovesi's handy new edition of John Clare's Love Poems, which I have just adopted for the first-year core course in English at the University of Exeter, does not challenge the integrity of Eric...
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Credit due
Regarding the article "Fed-up fee-payers set to sue" (THES, August 6), please note that the research and academic article that followed from it (Education and the Law Autumn 1999) was done in...
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Library moans
With regard to the overview of (among other things) student attitudes to college library facilities ("College libraries brought to book", THES, August 6), do we really need such a survey to discover...
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High standard upheld
In "Looking for a slice of the American pie" (THES, July 30), Simon Blackburn makes some inaccurate observations about this year's bachelor of philosophy examination. By claiming that some candidates...
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Points of clarity
I would like to comment on the article "UK caught in the 'degree-sale' crossfire" (THES, August 13) in which I am extensively quoted by your reporter Phil Baty. The quotes attributed to me are...
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Who needs a PhD?
Recent correspondence on the PhD as preparation for an academic career (Letters, THES, August 6 and 13) has rather assumed a necessary link. The PhD is, and should be, a preparation primarily for...
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Audit's reception too dramatic
The article on the Quality Assurance Agency's audit of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama ("Stars fail to shine for a QAA with systems in its eyes", THES, August 13) manages to obscure and...
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Salary strikes Oz
Academics in universities across Australia are stepping up industrial action in an effort to secure substantial wage rises. Strikes have disrupted universities in New South Wales and Queensland and...
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Kosovo students return
About 15,000 students returned to higher education in Kosovo this month as 13 university faculties and seven other higher education institutions resumed lectures. But the metallurgy faculty in the...
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No job spells end of study
University students returning to Kosovo are facing an uphill struggle to continue their studies. Many are taking jobs with the United Nations, Nato and aid agencies as translators over the summer to...
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Credit checks keep hard-up out of college
A national student lobby group has claimed that the Canadian government is abrogating its responsibilities to poor students and accused banks of dictating student-loan policies. The Canadian...
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Supercomputer brings dollars for scholars
A new supercomputer installed at the University of Melbourne could bring the university millions of dollars in revenue. The university's new Melbourne Advanced Research Computing Centre (MARCC) will...