5 May 2011
The malady of research - Science is not doing enough to ensure the truth will out
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Leader: To get to the truth, open up
More transparency from scientists, journals and institutions would go a long way to ensuring that flawed research is quickly detected
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Antiquated approaches (2 of 2)
It is a pity that Jackie Cassell's attempt to challenge the availability of subjects in state schools should perpetuate the myth that high-achieving independent schools contain disproportionate...
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Off-target in places
Graham Farmelo's review of David Edgerton's book Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War (21 April) was refreshing, as there is clearly still much to do to get a...
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Anyone for quality?
The US study you reported ("Mission creep as US spends, spends, spends on the extras", 28 April), showing that between half and three-quarters of American students pay more in tuition than their...
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Anti-posh prejudice
Universities that charge £9,000 a year will have to show that they are widening participation from state schools and the lower social classes.But what about those callous universities charging, say...
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Feeling their age
Nicholas Morton's "aged and magnificently bearded relative" ("Pick a book, any book", 21 April) would have agreed with Sir Geoffrey Howe. In 1962, when he was neither aged nor bearded, he declared...
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No stars for Hefce's mixed messages
Like Michael Rayner ("Star signs and bad omens", 28 April), I too was dismayed to learn of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's intention in 2011-12 to reduce by more than two-thirds...
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They doth protest too much
Neil Badmington's and Lisanne Gibson's responses to my correspondence of 7 April (Letters, 14 and 28 April respectively), in which I highlighted the need for regular face-to-face academic guidance...
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Stone made flesh
Your obituary of Gordon Stone (28 April) followed the lead of the University of Bristol's website, which cited 1998 as the date of Stone's review of chemistry in the UK academy.This is incorrect. The...
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Antiquated approaches (1 of 2)
In reply to Jackie Cassell (Letters, 21 April), the "real" Oxbridge scandal is its labyrinthine college application system. This presents a formidable barrier to those without the social skills to...
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By royal decree: the zombie orgy is off
The royal wedding demanded a topsy-turvy carnival of sex and symbolic slaughter, says Camilla Power, but trying to exercise a human right to ritual participation landed her in jail
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St Andrews finds ‘no evidence’ of improper links with Syrian state
The University of St Andrews has issued a robust response to a national newspaper’s allegation that it has inappropriate links to the Syrian regime.
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No surprise, and several big ones, as Canada’s Harper is re-elected
In an election outcome that surprised both political scientists and the public, Canada’s pro-business Conservative Party has formed a majority government for the first time since 1988.
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Funding reforms are ‘very dangerous’, parliamentary committee hears
The head of the Sutton Trust has told a cross-party group of MPs that the government’s higher education reforms are “totally out of line” with the rest of the world.