Faced with the horror of this week's events in the United States, what contribution can the academic world make? First, counter the temptation to rush to judgement. In such crises the media, and...
I read Susan Green's letter claiming "animal testing is not scientific" while at the British Association's Festival of Science at Glasgow University (Letters, THES , September 7). Some of the...
The statement "animal experimentation has never resulted in any advance in human medicine that could not have been discovered by other (safe) methods" is on the website of Europeans for Medical...
It is tedious having to debate the value of animal research because of misleading letters from spurious organisations claiming medical expertise. A new book in support of animal experiments in the...
There must be a moratorium on Quality Assurance Agency reviews (Letters, THES , September 7). Nothing will be gained by rushing into another elaborate system of audit as proposed by the QAA....
John Randall's examples of "weaknesses threatening standards at some of Britain's universities" ("Mr Randall points out the fallible", THES , September 7) are interesting in the light of the...
Congratulations on your "Eyewitness" on shark conservation ( THES , August 31), but the sand tiger shark ( Carcharias taurus ) pictured is a strikingly different creature from a tiger shark (...
Your article "Bristol quizzed over abuse files" claimed the university sold the computer in question ( THES , September 7). It didn't. The computer was sold by a student to whom it had been on loan....
To deny that universities have products and customers is not to "fail to mention what they do have" (Letters, THES , September 7). When I teach a class of students I know they are students. What I do...
The amount of publicly available climate change information is a positive development for the Kyoto Protocol and for whatever eventually succeeds it ("The naive optimist", THES, August 24). For those...
Sebastian Loew heaps negativity on Blackwell's A Companion to the City (Books, THES , September 7). He says it is "second best" to articles in refereed journals (Loew's own journal is not refereed)...
We are heartened to hear reports that the government is considering a rethink on tuition fees ("Call for reform pits students against staff", THES , August 31). The government's commitment to get...
Alan Marsh's article (Opinion, THES , August 31) on the benefits of partnership between further education colleges and universities is timely. "HE in FE" has a vital role to play in meeting the...
No wonder Steve Molyneux says: "There are a number of initiatives... but they are not talking to each other." ("Adult access model muddled", THES , September 7). Neither Sir David Watson (front page...
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