New Left marches on albeit minus masters
Inglis decries the loss of writing that seems to come from the heart, that touches the soul of the people, that is informed by experience. He acknowledges that this was an almost wholly male...
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New Left marches on albeit minus masters
Fred Inglis relies upon nostalgic reminiscence rather than intelligent analysis. His argument neglects two important points. First, the intellectual and political conditions in which academic work is...
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Lecturers want independent body
Mr Rouse (THES, Letters October 20) correctly points out the difficulties caused to education authorities, schools and teachers by the unwillingness of the Government to fund last year's award by the...
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Universal truth
Richard Burridge claims that "the universities have preserved human culture through the dark ages" (THES, October ). The dark ages are usually taken to refer to the two or three centuries following...
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Private benefits for graduates
In arguing for "free tuition for the first degree . . . as a basic entitlement" my colleague, Brian Roper (THES, October ) ignores an aspect of higher education which ought to be fundamental to...
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Wrong move for probation training
The Home Office's decision to remove probation training from higher education is indeed a regrettable one (THES, October 6). It cannot but have the effect of diminishing the status and influence of...
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Planetary motions
If the question of the values that should govern institutions is complex, questions about the values that might inform the intellectual debate within academic space are at least as knotty. The tangle...
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Saving space
The president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, in her lecture "The Academic Space: New Frontier or Black Hole" given last week in London, made an impassioned plea for the defence of what she called "...
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Quality survey finds common ground
How does a law student at the university of Oporto in Portugal know that their university is as keen to ensure the quality of their degree as a student at the university of Utrecht in the Netherlands...
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Germany gears up for biotech top spot
The German research ministry has launched a campaign to make the country's biotechnology research the best in Europe. Research minister Jurgen Ruttgers told a meeting of experts: "Biotechnology will...
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Japan's women fight harassers
Japan's increasingly assertive female students are taking to the streets to demonstrate against sexual harassment which they say involves verbal abuse as well as physical attacks. Several hundred...
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China sets out reform guide
The Chinese State Education Commission has released more details of management measures it says are designed to deepen the reform of higher education. The system is already undergoing huge changes...
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Racial strife seeps on to campus
With the United States awash with talk of racial divides, the fallout from events like the OJ Simpson trial and the million man march on Washington are making themselves felt in the nation's campuses...
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Canberra overhauls assessments
Australia is expected to replace its system of quality assurance in higher education with annual reviews of universities that focus on a single issue. After three rounds in which a federal committee...
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Bashed spuds spur pioneers
Britain's potato industry is rooting for researchers at Nottingham Trent University in their bid to understand what causes potatoes to become bruised. Rejecting such potatoes costs the industry...