Key issues beyond Sir Ron's remit
It is too bad that Samuel Beckett did not live long enough to see the first half of 1997. He would probably rather have enjoyed the spectacle of British higher education re-enacting his most famous...
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Me-me-me monsters in our midst
I should like to add my voice to those who are recognising an unfortunate sea change in attitude among undergraduates. I am not an aged educational elitist: I am 30 years old, and my research into...
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Ex-polys can now reach for the stars in research
The performance of the 1960s universities in the research assessment exercise gives hope to their 1990s successors and destroys the case for an elite grouping, says Frank Gould It might be assumed...
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Pensions for all
The proposed changes in the pension scheme for teachers have added weight to the arguments for a new superannuation scheme to cover all professors, lecturers and academic-related staff in all...
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Come back, Cardinal Newman
It is refreshing to see Cardinal Newman's The Idea of a University regaining currency in debates on the purposes of higher education. It is quite wrong however for Frank Webster (Opinion, THES,...
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Lady's not an Ivy
The University of Notre Dame is not an Ivy League university, as stated in your item about Notre Dame's takeover of the British School of Osteopathy premises (THES, January 10). The Ivy League, make-...
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Rights of reply
Julian Petley and Martin Barker justify removing our contribution to their book Ill Effects on the effects of the media by accusing us of being "quite unwilling" to go through the normal editorial...
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High price of terror
If the announcement of cuts in Northern Ireland research, student awards and inservice teacher training funds is disgraceful, the view of the secretary of state is stunning. Sir Patrick Mayhew is...
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Wellcome comment
Neville Hodgkinson makes a slight error in his comment on my review of his book on Aids (THES, December ). When the piece was published (though not when it was written), I had already ceased to be a...
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Dons's Diary
Monday Lazy Cypriot winter's morning: relaxing in my over-grown garden. Weather is mild and clear. I finish reading Dervish, the Making of Modern Turkey by journalist Tim Kelsey. Very enjoyable, if...
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The growl and the pussycat
I once tried to tackle the issue of a colleague who was being systematically bullied by her superior. I complained to someone higher up but was told no action could be taken without witnesses and,...
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Weave ideas for material change
Organisational learning is far more difficult to achieve than individual learning, since knowledge has to be shared and woven into an institution's very fabric. Ideally, organisational learning...
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Letter
SINCE my department got a 4 and my university shot up to 15th in your league table, my stress symptoms have disappeared. My eczema has cleared up beautifully. Paul A.Atkinson School of social and...
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Speaking Volumes: Hubert Butler's Escape From the Anthill
On Hubert Butler's Escape From the Anthill. I read Escape from the Anthill at one sitting. It was a snowy day in January 1986, and I was waiting in a Dublin club for somebody who turned out to be...
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The man with a little cross
Samuel Beckett - Damned to Fame - The World of Samuel Beckett 1906-46