Letter: I smell a bat
The picture used to illustrate my piece ("Beautiful sounds from foul singers", THES, November 24) was misleading. First, it was printed upside down. More important, the bats shown in no way resemble...
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Letter: Ideas don't add up
John Radford (Letters, THES, November 24) states that mathematical ability is gender-linked, with the implication that we need not worry about under-representation of women in mathematics departments...
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Letter: No votes cast for iron
The Political Studies Association has decided to celebrate its 50 years by awarding Margaret Thatcher with the prize for "breaking the mould" (People, THES, November 24). This category presumably...
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Letter: True power
We know readers turn first to Laurie Taylor's column, but there is evidence his influence extends further afield. Last week I was leading a QAA subject review. Towards the end of the review team's...
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Letter: Common flaws
I refer to Osman Durrani's, review of two books on British-German relations, in which he develops a discourse about the development of dubious myths and prejudices in this relationship (Books, THES,...
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Letter: Home truths
Closer analysis of the data used by Kate Flynn to claim that public and private universities in the United States are comparable reveals the overwhelming dominance of private universities (Letters,...
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Letter: Get the equality argument right
Your report "Private fees fund 'public investment'" (THES, November 24) alleges that the government has not been clear about how the tuition fees that students and their parents pay relate to the...
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Letter: Get the equality argument right
Baroness Blackstone points out that young people from poorer backgrounds do not pay tuition fees, implying that there is, therefore, no reason for them to be deterred from entering higher education...
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TV & Radio guide - Friday
Zero Gravity (11.00 am R4). The creative potential of weightlessness, with a group of Moscow-based dancers, acrobats and filmmakers. Sounds like the kind of programme that would look better with...
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Grey areas on the blacklist
The received wisdom is not the whole story, writes Brian Josephson.Robert Park’s book is basically an attack on dubious science, which he calls “voodoo science”. Categories discussed include: claimed...
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Latest UK news
Students anxious over fee plans Students at Britain’s leading universities are to meet vice-chancellors today to press the case against higher tuition fees. Hamish Common, president of...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Colin Lucas, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, writes that Oxford has made decision-making clearer and more efficient, has developed academic partnerships and is a pioneer...
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Latest international news
Commonwealth plans to simplify assessments An initiative to simplify qualification and assessment frameworks across the Commonwealth’s 54 member states is being discussed by officials and...
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Non-Clinical Research Fellowship
Deadline: 29/12/2000
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TV & radio guide - Thursday
Routes of English (9.00 am R4). The dialect of Derry/Londonderry. Crossing Continents (11.00 am R4). Bangladesh’s eunuchs The Material World (4.30 R4). Food scientists Andy Taylor and Don Mottram on...