In brief
I was greatly cheered to see David Blunkett's plans for setting up an e-university ("Britain flies e-university flag", THES, February 18) but he ought perhaps to check on the use of names first....
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In brief
If scientific evidence contradicts the existence of David, Solomon and ancient Israel, it would certainly be difficult to sustain a belief in some very important historical premises of Judaism ("...
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Foolish divide
The article on John Wood (Teaching, THES, February 18) is the perfect illustration of the folly of perpetuating the divide between vocational and academic education. Designers of the new foundation...
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My family and other animals
Controversial philosopher Peter Singer spoke to Kam Patel about ethics, vegetarians and his mother's Alzheimer's disease. There can be few more controversial living thinkers than the philosopher...
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
I was at Essex University in the mid-1970s and like many English students felt bewildered and not a little intimidated by French Theory. At that time it had a close connection with Marxism and the...
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History that improves with age
The complete revision of a history book, first published in I959 and widely used as a textbook on both sides of the Atlantic, is bound to be a daunting task. I had made minor changes to The Age of...
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Pisa
Italy's students claim private tutoring associations are taking increasing advantage of inadequate teaching at universities to exploit students, with the general approval of their own university...
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Mexico City
Juan Ramon de la Fuente, rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, entered his office last week, nearly three months after he was appointed during a student strike over increased...
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Banned by Straw poll
If home secretary Jack Straw is feeling beleagured he will find no sanctuary at his alma mater. Leeds University Union, of which Mr Straw was president in 1968, has banned him from the union building...
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Copenhagen
Danish officials are taking a relaxed view of economics students who use state-guaranteed educational loans, which carry a 4.25 per cent interest rate, to speculate in high-risk, high-gain technology...
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Dayton, Tennessee
A small number of papers associated with the 1925 "monkey trial", in which a science teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, were lost or damaged in a fire at Bryan College. It destroyed rare...
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Kuala Teregganu, Malaysia
The Peninsula Malay Students Federation has advised its 200,000 members to avoid illegal gatherings and protests, warning that action will be taken against students who use the federation's name for...
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Sporting chance
(Photograph) - Children from a Middlesbrough primary school visited the University of Teesside for a festival of sport to give students on the sports science degree experience of working with 'real'...
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How to..Help students get that first job
WHAT Candidates need help to take control of job interviews, says Jane Oakshott HOW It is a paradox that the most employable students are often those most fazed by interviews. Being conscientious and...
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Foundation degrees open opportunities barricades
"I hope it will be a modular degree, with all modules linked through credit transfer. It will be a way through which vocationally based students - through GNVQs and NVQs - can reach level three and...