Letter: Blooming marvellous
I note that the Academie Francaise has just elected its third woman member since the male monopoly was broken 20 years ago, (Worldwatch, THES, February 16). Given that members are traditionally...
Search
-
-
Letter: Give us a bit of credit
G. R. Evans describes the Schneider-Ross report on Cambridge's equality audit as damning (Letters, THES, February 2). Yes, the report pulls no punches in identifying weaknesses and issues that need...
-
Letter: God vs goddess
So, the very serious Niall Ferguson laments a society in which "people pay more attention to the words of Nigella Lawson than to those of the archbishop of Canterbury" ("Want truth? Just follow the...
-
Leader: Taylor options put v-cs on spot over tuition fees
Universities need more money. The Taylor report, published today by Universities UK, sets out figures showing the sector is underfunded by many hundreds of millions of pounds a year. And it talks...
-
Dream of a world where people come before power
In this month's Oxford Amnesty Lectures, Peter Singer argues for a United Nations consisting only of countries dedicated to democracy and preservation of human rights. For much of the past century it...
-
Drugs, guns and fights - all in a night's work
David Calvey took grave risks to research the life of a club bouncer. He spoke to Adam James. Dedicated clubbers will remember the ecstasy-energised era of "Madchester" in the 1990s. Some might also...
-
A sunbaked yard: enter inmate, left
Theatre is helping Brazil's prison population to change... or escape for a while. Paul Heritage writes. The Brazilian composer Tom Jobim, who made the world swoon to the passing of that girl from...
-
Why the hell of Carandiru had to erupt
Roy King has witnessed the inhuman conditions of the Brazilian prison where rioting inmates were killed this week. He spoke to Anne McHardy. This week's events in the House of Detention at Carandiru...
-
Risks in overseas liaisons
When universities link up with institutions abroad, they can get more than they bargained for. Matthew Chapman reports. When it comes to promoting their courses, United States higher education...
-
Higher Channels
We are no longer producing our own television and radio guide, but several excellent all-channel UK programme guides are available on the web. For additional information about specific programmes,...
-
Latest UK news
Universities uncovered as arms investors Universities are major investors in the arms trade. Some 49 institutions held between them about 50 million shares in six companies making armaments...
-
From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Princeton University, one of the most selective schools in the United States, is to give outright grants instead of loans to students on financial aid. GUARDIAN Lecturers' union...
-
Latest international news
Students are served infected meat The University of Malawi is investigating how meat infected with bovine tuberculosis was served to 500 students at its agricultural college. The students detected...
-
Latest UK news
Female academics earn a fifth less than male colleagues Female academics earn almost 20 per cent less than their male colleagues, according to a survey by the Association of University...
-
From today's UK papers
Financial Times Cambridge University has released plans for a £2m "laboratory" for non-scientists that will give academics from other faculties the chance to brainstorm like scientists and...