Sad end to a crusade
The visitor's decision was that the candidate had simply failed to make the grade. On June 30 1995 Mr Justice McPherson, sitting as a visitor to the Inns of Court, dismissed Cecilia Hulse's appeal....
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Skin-deep dilemmas
The page in The THES allotted to research is, I am sure, generally appreciated by readers. However, I must object to the form of presentation of the article on "skin" (July 7) which was...
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Cosmic escapism
The Millennial Project
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Necessary fictions
The Myth of Theory
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Sailing against the wind
A History of Mozambique
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The Kurtz in Stanley
Travellers in Africa
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The sultans of science
The Third Culture
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Two worlds collide
Going Abroad
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Canadians urge caution on performance measure
Performance indicators are slowly making their way into Canadian universities, mainly via Alberta and Ontario, Susan Gray writes. The Council of Ministers of Education of Canada is in favour of the...
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Now home is where the HE is
Large numbers of Britain's 1.5 million students are staying close to home for their education. David Charter analyses HESA's first far-reaching Data Report The growing trend for students to study in...
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Events
VOLUNTARY SECTOR. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has organised a conference, Researching the UK Voluntary Sector, September 7-8, to be held at the NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints...
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Chairs
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, LONDON. Michael Barber, professor of education at the University of Keele, chair in education and dean of new initiatives; Brahm Norwich, senior lecturer in department of...
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Contract researchers glimpse future
An official draft agreement to bring terms and conditions of service for thousands of contract researchers into line with those for established staff has been issued for consultation. The concordat...
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Appointments
CVCP. Diana Warwick, general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, has been appointed chief executive of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the University of the...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a futuristic novel that launched a philanderer's literary career: "But to me the future is still black and blank - is a vast ignorance, lit at a few casual places by...