Face it, we need more scientists
When I read the trailer for Simon Jenkins's article ("Face it, the last thing we need is more scientists", THES, September 11), I was tempted to write with a pre-rebuttal, so sure was I of the...
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Face it, we need more scientists
Simon Jenkins is right: science does matter. He ranges over many issues in last week's article but he is wrong on several important points. For a start, government is not "the only paymaster in town...
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Pension makes sense
Readers of your piece on pensions in higher and further education ("Avoiding future shock", THES, September 11) may be wondering why the cost of the Universities Superannuation Scheme is greater to...
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The truth is out there
In his review of Belief in God in an Age of Science (Books, THES, August 28) Anthony Freeman takes author John Polkinghorne to task for his critical realism. Freeman believes that "whether (subatomic...
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Peculiar business
As the author of the 1996 Higher Education Quality Council report into student complaints procedures, I am confident that the overwhelming majority of institutions now have procedures for resolving...
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Peculiar business
The Quality Assurance Agency does not have and does not seek a role in adjudicating on individual student complaints ("Student gripes head for QAA", THES, August 21). It is for institutions to put in...
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Put in the picture
The article about myself and other "media dons" ("Coming soon to a living room near you",THES, September 11) contained a photograph that is supposedly of me but is in fact of someone I have never...
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In short...
I did not say that school science teaching "should be dumbed down" (THES, September 11). What I said was that the school science curriculum is outdated and based on the unjustified assumption that it...
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In short...
Concerning the review of Impossibility by John Barrow, ("Taking it to the limits" THES, September 4), one lesson of a survey of theories of impossibility in the sciences must be that declarations of...
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In short...
Susan Harte (Letters, THES, September 11) advocates on behalf of the Association of University Teachers a pay review body for university administrators and calls the Association of University...
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Why I ...believe academics should take pop music seriously
Simon Frith, Professor of English studies at Strathclyde University This week the Mercury prize for the best British album of the year was announced from a shortlist that ranged from Robbie Williams...
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We're in the family way
'No rights without responsibilities' should sum up a new politics, says Anthony Giddens When he came back from his policy discussions in Washington earlier this year Tony Blair spoke of his ambition...
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I was warned that I brought my personal life to work too much
Are British universities homophobic? Gregory Woods says his experience proves they are When I was appointed recently to the first British professorship in gay and lesbian studies, I got crank mail...
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Parenting timetabled
Alison Utley discovers how new students in Manchester are learning to study and find time tofit in an episode of Neighbours Even very able 18-year-olds are often shocked by the extent to which they...
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Credit united
Baroness Blackstone launched a blueprint for national learning credits last week. Universities and colleges will use the national credit framework to measure students' achievements. The final report...