Cambridge rent rises
Students "know all about rent policy", says Charles Larkum (Letters, THES, November 5). In fact, the proposed increases came to light only via a leak. The Cambridge University Student Union wants...
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Floored by flawed audit
Peter Williams claims that the Quality Assurance Agency report on Thames Valley University was "accepted in its entirety by the university's board of governors" (Whistleblower, THES, November 5). It...
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Ensnared by corporate power
Philip Fine reports on an Ottawa union conference on commercialisation Universities will lose their role as impartial observers of society if they continue on the commercialisation road, Canadian...
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Hospital drugs inquiry
Philip Fine reports on an Ottawa union conference on commercialisation An independent inquiry is to investigate how a Canadian university and one of its teaching hospitals may have failed in coming...
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Floored by flawed audit
Andy Ross appears still to be in denial over the 1998 QAA report that was accepted in its entirety by the academic staff of TVU as well as by the board of governors. The misnamed new learning...
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Floored by flawed audit
Phil Baty seemed almost disappointed that teaching in higher education has been judged to have improved ("High scores let teaching off the hook", THES, November 5). He refers to "a slump in...
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Captives of the moral crusaders
As Ofsted inspectors prod primary schoolrooms for "evidence of awe and wonder", law teachers such as L. W. Blake reduce university research to a publicly subsidised service provider for narrowly...
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Captives of the moral crusaders
Mary Warnock, in her review of books by Richard Holloway and the late Basil Hume, agrees with the former that we had best look for a common morality without religion and that such a morality may have...
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Captives of the moral crusaders
Mary Warnock asserts that we "cannot any longer honestly believe that (the Bible) is the outcome of one single gigantic revelation". But then Christians never have believed that; perhaps Warnock is...
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Agony Aunt
Q I am considering accepting a three-year fixed-term contract at a university and was puzzled to find a requirement to sign a redundancy waiver. Aren't these now unlawful? * David Bleiman, Assistant...
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Star turn
Alison Goddard meets a Birkbeck lecturer who believes a civilised society is one where theatre and philosphy mix well. With his high forehead, shoulder-length hair, red waistcoat and blue cravat,...
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Sources for current research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH FUND www.leukaemia. demon.co.uk Project Grants...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES...Ken Feder argued that archaeologists should fight the pseudo-science of the Atlantis myth. * Cornelius Holtor, Assistant lecturer in archaeology, University of Cambridge: It...
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Scientific shortfall
The Bett report underestimates the staff crisis in science, says John Kingman This country's competitiveness is being undermined by difficulties experienced by universities and colleges in recruiting...
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Restore humanity to studies
To improve teachers and students, humanities education must again be subject-led, says John Shaw. Across the humanities there is too little contact between those who teach and research in...