Quality not inequality
Much publicity has been given to spectacular failures in quality control by institutions that have only recently become autonomous of local authority supervision. TVU and Wigan and Leigh colleges ("...
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Do not try this in class
Like so many educationists these days, Linda Evans and Ian Abbott ("The credibility gap", THES, May 28) tell us that lecturers should not be taught anything about teaching but should learn their...
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Vive la devolution
I would not like your readers to be misled by the headline introducing the piece by Olga Wojtas and Alan Thomson - "Scottish colleagues oppose CVCP restructuring plans" (THES, May 28). In reality,...
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Stop telling tales
Your article on women professors ("9.2 per cent of professors are women", THES, May 28) seems somewhat simplistic and misleading. In the past decade, I have been on many appointing committees,...
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Stop telling tales
Anyone who expected The THES to lead us over the barricades to gender equality in higher education would have been sadly disappointed by your editorial ("Women must be encouraged to go for top jobs...
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Devil's in the Dearing
I have been trying to discover what contribution employers make to the education of their staff since the ending of the old training levy. The question became an issue recently in the government's...
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Devil's in the Dearing
I would like an opportunity to explain the possible problem in the Dearing report as far as the calculation of returns on higher education is concerned. My views were reported last week ("'Flawed'...
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Chickening out
When Paul Mackney, general secretary of Natfhe, says that "you can't run further education like Kentucky Fried Chicken" (Analysis, THES, May 28), does "can't" here mean "incapable of"? KFC is...
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Future imperfect
Stewart Brand is correct in saying that science fiction is necessary in any library that seeks to record the "long perspective" of history and the future in literature, ("The time of our lives", THES...
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Why I... believe the Freedom of Information draft bill will disappoint academics
Maurice Frankel. Director. Campaign for the Freedom of Information If you are a researcher, hoping that official files will be opened to scrutiny as a result of the government's draft freedom of...
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Seeds of hope, kernels of truth
Contrary to Prince Charles's protestations, GM crops can reduce world hunger, argues Michael Lipton. Prince Charles's latest contribution to the debate on genetically modified foods, using the...
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War worn
(Photograph) - Fashion students at Leeds College of Art and Design launch a new range of clothing whose design has been inspired by artefacts at the city's Royal Armouries Museum. Photograph by...
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Use of asbestos by the University of Bangor
* The Health and Safety Executive has launched a criminal inquiry into the alleged illegal use of asbestos by the University of Bangor's estates department.
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The return of Jewish studies
Moscow Subjects once banned from the Soviet university curriculum have been established in the heart of Russia's most famous university. The Jewish Studies Centre at Moscow State University's...
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Star Turn
An 18-kilo python with septicaemia? No problem for Edinburgh Zoo's veterinary surgeon Anna Meredith. Olga Wojtas met her Zaila Dunbar has an excellent bedside manner, picking up the patient and...