Dearing's channel crossing
AFTER spending six years looking at the strategic management of internationalisation within UK higher education for a part-time PhD, I first read Lord Dearing's thoughts ("Dearing goes abroad", THES...
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A shake-up too far
Your description of the proposed Institute for Learning and Teaching is a depressing read (THES, April 10). Far from being a "radical shake-up", it looks like the old formula of using a solution to...
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Republican dilemma
FARHAD Khosrokhavar highlights a number of problems confronting community relations in France while leaving many questions unanswered ("Far right spreads racism in France", THES, April 3). As to the...
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Appraise be Rhys, Otto and Ms Lupone
Students on a 'Writing for the market' course would be assessed by the very market they were learning to write for, so why did Adrian Mourby have to assess them too? Last year I taught a course for...
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An equal opportunity cost
Despite women making up 30 per cent of students studying for a PhD in economics, they represent only 15 per cent of all academic economists and just 5 per cent of economics professors. Carol Propper...
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Mergers present a growing concern
You can always tell when things are getting serious: men and women of influence start writing open letters to men and women of power. Hence, I read with interest the open letter one of my colleague...
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A vision of poetry in motion
In the sesquicentennial of The Communist Manifesto, I have a confession to make: I regularly try to disabuse myself of thinking like a Marxist, identifying with the labour movement, and believing in...
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Chairs
University of Teesside Surya Shah, former associate professor at the University of Queensland, has been appointed to the first chair of occupational therapy in England. Les Johnston, reader and head...
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Honorary degrees
Kingston University Doctorates: Marilyn Butler, rector of Exeter College, Cambridge; Philip Crossland, former managing director of Chubb & Son plc; Stuart Hampson, chairman, John Lewis...
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Lectures
University of the West of England The following professorial lectures have been arranged: May 6 at 6.30pm in Room 4C23 on Frenchay Campus - Gisela Shaw, faculty of languages and European studies. The...
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Appointments
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission International development secretary, Clare Short, has appointed four new members to the commission: Trudy Harpham, professor of urban development at South Bank...
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Teacher placements survive
The government has made a U-turn on plans to axe a highly regarded Pounds 2 million scheme that places thousands of teachers on short secondments to firms. Leading industry bodies, including the...
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Parisian leaders demand Pounds 1.1bn campus revamp
LEADERS of the eight Parisian universities are lobbying the French government for a slice of cash from its University of the Third Millennium project to silence complaints about overcrowded and...
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Global club eyes huge prize
A WORLDWIDE network of major research universities may develop a global accreditation system, backed by joint international appointments. The Universitas 21 group, with members from Australia, Canada...
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British combat waning status
An elite group of British universities concerned to "rehabilitate" Britian's higher education reputation overseas will today discuss boosting its membership and expanding its outreach work, writes...