Boy's own advertising
In response to the Perspective article headlined "Grey natter" (THES, January 26), does Robin Dunbar then hold the view that if men's gossip is purely advertising, men should be seen and not heard? C...
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Jobs offer defers military service
Russia. Five hundred Russian graduates a year will have their military service deferred indefinitely, under a new decree aimed at preserving Russia's "scientific potential". They will be selected...
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One of our sponsors is missing
The Netherlands. The Dutch Aviation College is to lose 10 per cent of its 1,400 students in the next academic year following the bankruptcy of aeroplane maker Fokker. The loss is likely to include 60...
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Australian academics snub Labor
Australia's Labor government has lost the support of the nation's 55,000 academics. For the first time in three federal elections, the academics' industrial organisation - the National Tertiary...
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Allies for the cause
Your inaccurate report of my contribution to Association of University Teachers' council (THES, February 2) attributed to me reservations about the AUT working with the Committee of Vice Chancellors...
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Competition and the council
It is premature and somewhat optimistic to imply that the Joint Action Plan signed by Prime Minister John Major and Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo could result in $265 million of World Bank money...
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Competition and the council
The article, "Mexico signs training deal", describing the British Council's successful sale of National Council of Vocational Qualifications' material there and elsewhere (THES, February 2), made...
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Competition and the council
Roger Bowers, director of professional services at the British Council, (Letters, THES, February 2) asserts that Roger Iredale "is unduly influenced by . . . his interests as a member of the board of...
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A mouse that took fright
Cambridge University Press's statement ("A publishing mouse?" THES, February 9) that I sought police protection for Anastasia Karakasidou and myself can only be disingenuous. As a responsible...
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Standards speak wrong language
Your editorial "Wisdom in languages" (THES, February 9), following up Jim Coleman's call for nationally agreed standards for languages, was at once both encouraging and depressing. It was encouraging...
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Food for the mind
It was a delight to read Kay-Tee Khaw's timely warning about unhealthy dietary habits ("Dying for a good fry-up", THES, February 9) as I tucked into the "full English breakfast" in our staff club at...
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Single is best in this affair
The Association of University Teachers today publishes its proposals for joint membership with the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education. It wants "open discussion at the...
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Study the question
Whenever Gladstone was getting close to the answer, the Irish would change the Question." Like all great humourists, W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman based their satire on a foundation of reality....
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Lawyer rules aptitude tests out of court
Last year the Law Society president set up a working party to look at options for restricting entry to the legal profession. At present only half the number of students who complete the Legal...
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Graduate wastage reaches crisis point
Italy. Late last year, while Italy's front pages were devoted to the daily twists of the ongoing political chaos, a relatively unnoticed survey revealed the equally profound crisis facing the country...