A strategic visionary
The THES does not do obituaries. We have not the space to be comprehensive nor the nerve to select. But Lord (David) Phillips of Ellesmere who died last week deserves acknowledgement from The THES...
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More second chances, fewer second helpings
Without social inclusion and equity, lifelong learning will be little more than a platitude, warns Maggie Woodrow. There is an assumption now that everyone knows what lifelong learning is. After all...
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Diversity bought by seizing income from student fees
The government has consistently said that its priority for higher education is broadening access and that it would use money raised from student fees for both higher and further education. Today the...
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Not a posh ailment
Asa Briggs's review of Roy Porter and G. S. Rousseau's book, Gout: The Patrician Malady, (THES, February 19) helps to propagate the dangerous notion that gout is an ailment of posh people. Whether...
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Birthday fetters
Patrick Parrinder is right to say that it is doubtful how far holders of copyright can control the use of material in the public domain (Letters, THES, February 19). The difficulty with the Textual...
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Rigg aPeel
It's nice to see Diana Rigg is lecturing in Oxford as Cameron Mackintosh professor of theatre at St Catherine's. As a Catz student in 1968, I remember what might have been her first lecture among the...
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It's a wanderful life
As one of the "peripatetic fiftysomethings" (THES, February 12), I have derived considerable enjoyment from recent holidays in Peru and Tanzania. "Seeking a new identity"? No, the answer is much...
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Cutting edge
Building machines that can visualise objects they have never before encountered is a momentous task. But can we do it now? The simple act of seeing raises difficult questions for those interested in...
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A new age for Celtic studies
Interdisciplinary research centres are springing up across the country. Olga Wojtas reports on the Irish and Scottish studies institute in Aberdeen, while Julia Hinde looks at the digital world The...
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A new age for Celtic studies
Interdisciplinary research centres are springing up across the country. Olga Wojtas reports on the Irish and Scottish studies institute in Aberdeen, while Julia Hinde looks at the digital world...
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Help for the academic nomads in search of their own sympathetic tribe
Researchers who cross disciplines need to break a vicious circle to win recognition. A separate RAE could be the answer, argues Joyce Tait At last there is evidence that interdisciplinary research is...
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How to..get online job advice
Consult a cyber-recruiter to plan your career says Natasha Loder Most postgraduates find they are poorly served by university careers centres. With hundreds of students passing through their doors,...
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Radioactive beams set to boost radiotherapy
British physicists plan to build an advanced machine to create beams of radioactive nuclei that could shine new light on astrophysics and revolutionise radiotherapy. Sirius would be the first British...
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Young guns going for it
A new online journal is showcasing science by American undergraduates. Ayala Ochert reports "The sooner you get involved in research the better," Mina Bissell tells undergraduates in her charge....
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Liverpool Crown Court
(Photograph) - Liverpool Crown Court this week found a secretary from Liverpool University guilty of causing 'fear by violence' after she subjected criminologist David Canter (above) and his research...