Exponential growth by degrees
Declining standards and inflation in qualifications to meet Government pressures? On page one (THES, May 26) GNVQ level 4 is to "replace HNDs", then "take over from diplomas". By the fourth column it...
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For the records
May I suggest that in between phrases like "I am looking towards running the library far more as a business unit," Emma Robinson, head of the University of London Library, also notes her "passion for...
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You're bending my arm
Dear Professor Lapping: I am writing to provisionally accept your offer of the job of permanent lecturer in cultural studies at the University of Poppleton. As you are no doubt aware, the upcoming...
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A bid for more forethought
The Higher Education Funding Council for England recently invited all higher education institution to submit bids for projects to extend the teaching year with a third semester. This is not the first...
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Taking a lead in lecturer training
In your report of the Confederation of British Industry conference on National Vocational Qualifications for teachers and lecturers (THES, May 26) you quote Dominic Cadbury's statement to the effect...
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Moral dilemma?
John Bird speculates on the transfer fees frenzy. Eric Cantona transferred from Manchester United to Chelsea for Pounds 5 million. His goals (14) and the points they earned (23) are debited to United...
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Fighters, not militants
I am shocked by your description of students who prefer a decent grant to poverty as "militant" (THES, June 2). After the National Union of Students' executive steered through a ridiculous motion...
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A Venetian venture
The Venetian island of San Servolo, halfway between Venice and the Lido, is to become an international campus for up to nine European and American universities. The 12-acre island boasts a 15th-...
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Island sun, sea, sand and . . . studying
Erasmus students on their year abroad on the island of Reunion are tanned and happy. This French Overseas Department in the Indian Ocean is what one student describes as an "unknown tropical paradise...
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Bonn is blamed for German retreat
The president of Germany's Rectors' Conference, Hans-Uwe Erichsen, has blamed state and federal governments for the country's loss of its international lead in qualifications and research. Addressing...
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Call for more cash to go east
Ex-research minister Paul Kruger has called on the German federal government to provide special funds in order to boost the expansion of higher education and industrial research in eastern Germany,...
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Hours of disenchantment
You are right to draw attention to the length of the further education dispute, and my wish to reach a satisfactory national agreement for further education lecturing staff. (THES, May 26). A...
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Unease on the open highway
Universities may be forgiven for feeling anxious about what their staff and students may be saying on the Internet. The first they may hear if someone goes off the rails is the thud of a writ,...
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Cut down to size
The World Bank's report, Priorities and Strategies for Education, published this week, repeats a theme that has become increasingly familiar from the Bank: that opportunities in higher education are...
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Mystery over Vatican pages
United States Customs continues to investigate the case of Anthony Melnikas, the Ohio State University art history professor who gave a book dealer two valuable pages of Latin text found to have been...