Glad to be grey
Raymond Tallis's article on the positive aspects of ageing is to be applauded ("Old faces, new lives", THES, July 9). Practically all models of ageing take it for granted that old age is a process of...
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Men and childcare
A core problem of most contributions to the topic of women academics and motherhood (Letters, THES, June 4, 11, 18, July 2) seems to be a structural one, namely the underlying idea that men might "...
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Pay rate survey
The story on the pay study conducted for the Bett committee by Hay Management Consultants quoted the Association of University Teachers' view that the study was based on 115 jobs (THES, July 9). In...
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It's a hard job in tough times at a troubled TVU
Troubled Thames Valley University's new vice-chancellor will take over in interesting times. The immediate challenge is to rationalise the place in accordance with the plan agreed with the funding...
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Dearing holds the answer to fees payment crisis
As news gets around that students owe universities millions of pounds, payment of tuition fees could become as voluntary as payment of the poll tax by students in the 1980s unless universities get...
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Signs point to the learning corporation
The virtual university, far from building a much more loosely defined environment for exchanging knowledge, demands a different type of concrete organisation, says John Goddard. The "virtual...
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Mobile companions put campus in better touch
Contacting academic staff can be difficult enough. But it can be even more problematic to contact support staff such as janitors and technicians whose work takes them all over campus. Edinburgh's...
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Why I believe that one day apes will have a nation of their own
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Professor of biology at Georgia State University, she teaches apes to communicate with humans. This week it was announced that computer technology had enabled apes to construct...
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Light through a smokescreen
David Kendall and Michael Randall call for more research on the use and effect of cannabis The debate about cannabis encompasses a melange of issues, ranging from potential medical benefits to civil...
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The search for hidden treasure
Broken Hill, Australia's oldest and most famous mining town, has been producing silver, zinc and lead for more than 100 years. 50,000 jobs rely on Broken Hill's mines, but now the seams are running...
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Pilchard deaths and a frog killing fungus
The worst scourge of the worlds seas in recorded history is currently consigning millions of pilchards to a watery grave. Since it first struck in 1995, millions of pilchards have been washed up...
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Hail Csiro! King of Oz
In the first of three research specials from the southern hemisphere, Julia Hinde reports on policies and projects from Australia. Next week we visit South Africa, with more on Australia and the...
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Hunting carriers of a deadly virus
A $600 million hermetically sealed centre is leading the fight against diseases threatening Australian farming and the population There is no taking work home at weekends for Alex Hyatt or the 100 or...
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Cutting edge
No vaccine or drugs exist for a virus disease found in more than 100 countries and placing some 2,000 million people at risk. This is the reality of dengue, which occurs in tropical and subtropical...
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Boomerangs were not meant to come back
Groovy boomerangs were the best fliers, says a University of New South Wales researcher, who suggests markings on traditional Australian boomerangs may have more than a decorative or ceremonial...