Wrong note on organs
I find it extraordinary that a philosopher dares to conclude a trite and sophistical discussion about the sale of human organs for transplant ("Why II", THES, October 2) with an admonishment to us to...
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Some still pursue desire to teach
Your leader ("Please sir, why should anyone want to teach?" THES, October 2) stated that "too few want to be teachers", yet evidence from the post-compulsory sector would appear to contradict this....
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Some still pursue desire to teach
It was encouraging to see the attention you gave to teacher training ("Teacher training exodus", THES, October 2), but you failed to highlight that the lack of applicants and the reduction in...
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Tough guy fantasies
Kingsley Browne ("Glass ceiling, biological floor", THES, October 2) is absolutely correct in saying that there is no "reason" to suppose that women in the past were less enthusiastic about chaps who...
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Tough guy fantasies
It is tempting to ignore the dafter pronouncements of sociobiologists, but Kingsley Browne is a dinosaur too far. Grandly stating that many women wrongly believe they face discrimination on the...
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Ill-advised authorities
The refusal of some health authorities to immunise students studying at the University of Cardiff against meningitis could cost lives. Although recently published guidelines ("Students at risk after...
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Free, but never cheap
It started with free pens, fancy bags and baseball caps, now it's free overdrafts and mobile telephones. At Barclays, it's an interest-free overdraft of up to Pounds 1,600 and a free "easylife...
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Queen's, think again
John M. D. Kremer is correct in saying that the plans by Queen's University Belfast rest on a distorted view of the duties of university teachers and of the functions of departments (Letters, THES,...
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Back on the shelf
The threat of prosecution spurred a university to fight for its library rights. Peter Knight tells the tale. Twelve months ago the police confiscated a book of photos by the gay photographer Robert...
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Why I... am returning to university teaching despite two blockbuster novels
James Hawes, Author and lecturer at University College, Swansea I wrote my first bestseller, A White Merc with Fins, while I was teaching. It came out in January 1996, sold well and created a buzz....
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Drive Marx from the temple
Aidan Foster-Carter argues against divisions among the social sciences I am a social scientist: out and proud. That this is a noble and a necessary calling I hold to be self-evident. At every level,...
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Labour attacked for 'betrayals'
Students have been betrayed by broken government promises over tuition fees, shadow education secretary David Willetts said in Wednesday's education debate. Mr Willetts attacked the Labour Party's U-...
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Special funds to tackle FE weakness
College funding chiefs have recommended special funds to encourage colleges to tackle "persistent weaknesses in student achievement", but have rejected calls for a more direct link between the...
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Drop-outs 'have piled on to the wrong courses'
Colleges are "piling" students into the wrong programmes, leading to persistent drop-out problems, the Further Education Development Agency has warned. A survey of 9,000 students by FEDA found that...
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Warm winner
(Photograph) - Warm winner: the University of Teesside's new Pounds 8 million learning resource centre (above) is one of the winners of this year's Royal Institute of British Architects regional...