Pillorying of Exeter
Several questions are raised by the unfortunate pillorying of Exeter University's MA course in English on your front page (THES, September 29). Clearly the administrative systems governing these...
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Lesson from hard school of Knox
The concluding statement in Diana Green's articles (THES, September 15) that "perhaps the best use of management tools in this area would be to make a positive link between quality, evidence of its...
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Policy on disabled needs a more strategic approach
Your article on university access and support for disabled people (THES September 29) took a narrow focus. It is correct to highlight the continuing personal struggles by students with disabilities...
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Practicality not enemy of art in architecture
Your report on Professor Monk's architectural course at Luton (THES, September 22) has a surprisingly philistine ring. It is also gratuitously insulting to Richard Rogers and Norman Foster in...
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Barbed comment
Your editorial which, broadly, comes down on the side of more mature students in higher education (THES, September 29) should have gone further. In my view no male students should be admitted for a...
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Sporting chance for the millions
In response to Ged Roddy's comment on my article "The Common Health Games" (THES, August 25), I have nothing but praise for what goes on at Bath University and other such institutions of higher...
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Raiding the piggy bank
The Government looks set to reduce its commitment to basic research yet further - despite their protestations in the science White Paper, Realising Our Potential. Money allocated to the research...
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African Aids study to raise awareness
With an Aids disaster no longer avoidable in Africa, there is an urgent need to begin planning for large-scale loss of life and the serious impact on economies and development. In response, the...
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The O. J. Simpson trial and rotten apples
Academics are to blame for the neglect of police racism unmasked by the O. J. Simpson trial, argues Christopher Cooper. The United States scholarly community has contributed to the existence of Mark...
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High casualty cost of open market
During the recent elections for the president and vice president of the Law Society the problem of an excessive number of entrants into the profession loomed large. One of my manifesto proposals was...
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Social work on probation
The implications of the Home Office decision to scrap the diploma of social work as the compulsory entrance requirement for the probation service are more far-reaching than the interests of the...
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Patten's post is hard to follow
The appointment of the political leader as chancellor of all Hong Kong institutes of higher education is antiquated and should be scrapped, according to the vice chancellor of the territory's most...
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Tax officers eye colleges
Tax exemptions for United States non-profit groups, including prominent private colleges, are under scrutiny at both national and state level. Tim The Internal Revenue Service is stepping up its...
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Art history enters PC fray
Denouncing the practice of art history in America as "one great big post-modern mish-mash", art historian Bruce Cole has set out to take on the forces of political correctness in his field. An...
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Net loss is a big gain
Joe Sinyor welcomes the end of the Net Book Agreement. The end of the Net Book Agreement is good news for academic books - for their authors, their readers, and their booksellers. Last week, the NBA...