Number of rural homeless rises
Homelessness is not confined to Britain's cities, a conference on tackling homelessness in rural areas heard yesterday. The Grantham conference, organised by researchers from Bristol and Cardiff...
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A two-to-on gender bender
Male academics outnumber women by almost two to one in universities, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Of the total 43,294 women, 35,694 are in England, 4,902 in Scotland, 1,891 in...
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Admission statement
I sensed no hostility from delegates to the new post-16 qualifications at the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals conference ("Admissions officers dig in heels on A levels", THES, November 5...
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Admission statement
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals' survey of universities on post-16 qualifications indicated that the sector welcomes the proposed post-16 reforms, will give weight to the proposed...
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RS and good science
A Royal Society working group report of September 1998 on genetically modified foods was incorrectly described as "extolling the potential benefits of the technology" (In the News, THES, November 5...
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Cambridge rent rises
Students "know all about rent policy", says Charles Larkum (Letters, THES, November 5). In fact, the proposed increases came to light only via a leak. The Cambridge University Student Union wants...
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Floored by flawed audit
Peter Williams claims that the Quality Assurance Agency report on Thames Valley University was "accepted in its entirety by the university's board of governors" (Whistleblower, THES, November 5). It...
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Ensnared by corporate power
Philip Fine reports on an Ottawa union conference on commercialisation Universities will lose their role as impartial observers of society if they continue on the commercialisation road, Canadian...
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Hospital drugs inquiry
Philip Fine reports on an Ottawa union conference on commercialisation An independent inquiry is to investigate how a Canadian university and one of its teaching hospitals may have failed in coming...
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Floored by flawed audit
Andy Ross appears still to be in denial over the 1998 QAA report that was accepted in its entirety by the academic staff of TVU as well as by the board of governors. The misnamed new learning...
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Floored by flawed audit
Phil Baty seemed almost disappointed that teaching in higher education has been judged to have improved ("High scores let teaching off the hook", THES, November 5). He refers to "a slump in...
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Captives of the moral crusaders
As Ofsted inspectors prod primary schoolrooms for "evidence of awe and wonder", law teachers such as L. W. Blake reduce university research to a publicly subsidised service provider for narrowly...
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Captives of the moral crusaders
Mary Warnock, in her review of books by Richard Holloway and the late Basil Hume, agrees with the former that we had best look for a common morality without religion and that such a morality may have...
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Captives of the moral crusaders
Mary Warnock asserts that we "cannot any longer honestly believe that (the Bible) is the outcome of one single gigantic revelation". But then Christians never have believed that; perhaps Warnock is...
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Agony Aunt
Q I am considering accepting a three-year fixed-term contract at a university and was puzzled to find a requirement to sign a redundancy waiver. Aren't these now unlawful? * David Bleiman, Assistant...