Letter: Greenwich mean time
Your article, "Oz turns its back on cyber institute" (THES, January 19) reported that the Norfolk Island distance-learning institution "Greenwich University" failed a federal education department...
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Letter: Disability in mind
"A problem and solution shared" (Student focus, THES, January 19) does not acknowledge the value of approaching students' mental health problems from a disability perspective. Taking such a route...
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Letter: Bare truths
I am sure that many people will be impressed by the wit, imagination, originality and learning that a modern university education affords - as evidenced in your photograph (THES, January 19) of...
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Letter: University conflicts of interest
The dismissal of researcher Thanos Mergoupis by the London School of Economics raises troubling questions about academic freedom in the United Kingdom ("Autonomy row hits LSE as sponsor axes research...
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Letter: University conflicts of interest
In years to come, researchers trying to explain the decline of British universities will probably stumble across a wretched little document titled The Transparency Review . They will then uncover how...
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Letter: Confused defence
Tom WIlson of Natfhe confuses the defence of national bargaining with defence of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Readers' reactions, THES, January 19). The UCEA is indefensible....
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Letter: Burmese Aid
"A light for dark Burmese day" (Feature, THES, January 5) highlighting Burma's education crisis was very welcome. Prospect Burma, a British-based education trust, runs a scholarship programme, part-...
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TV & radio guide - Friday
A Revolution in Five Acts (11.00 am R4). The Chimney Sweeps Act 1875 examined by Ian Hislop and historians. Masterclass: Denys Lasdun (1.00, also 4.00, 7.00, 10.00 BBC Knowledge). Last interview with...
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Higher Channels
Pick of the week Britain's first officially recognised Holocaust Memorial Day is marked with several programmes on Saturday. BBC2 offers Last Days (5.35), a documentary from the Survivors of the...
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Billion-pound prescription for success
Sir Richard Sykes, the new rector of Imperial College, London, believes that UK universities can compete with the best, but, he tells Alison Goddard, they need some generous donations. From his...
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History lessons from someone who was there
In the week that Britain celebrates Holocaust Memorial Day, Denis Herbstein reports on one man's quest for remembrance. Bernhard Herzberg was in Hanover at an exhibition to mark Kristallnacht , the...
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Running the gamut from bhangra to Bach
Is the latest club anthem as worthy of scholarly attention as Elgar's Enigma? Sara Lloyd of The New Grove Dictionary of Music believes it could be. In the halls of academe the debate rages. Should...
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Scholars squeezed by market muscle
Universities must fight a multilateral trade deal that could kill public education, even if the government is backing it. Last year, the Department of Trade and Industry hosted the Knowledge 2000...
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Latest UK news
Nobel winner returns degree in protest Nobel prizewinning chemist Sir Harry Kroto has returned an honorary degree to Hertfordshire University in protest at cuts in the chemistry department. A...
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Latest international news
Gore to teach journalism at Columbia Former US vice-president Al Gore is to teach journalism at New York's Columbia University as a visiting professor for at least two terms, running up to...