Cynicism won't help dyslexics 2
Brian Harrison-Jennings' assertion that local education authority educational psychologists are the only ones who can provide independent and objective diagnoses for adults who think they may be...
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Cynicism won't help dyslexics 3
The need for action to raise awareness of specific learning difficulties among students is seen as important enough for the Higher Education Funding Council for England to fund a £500,000 study. We...
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Cynicism won't help dyslexics 4
I was dismayed but not surprised at the opinions expressed by Peter Shaw regarding the legitimacy of students with learning disabilities (Features, July 22). There is a substantial body of research...
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A culture of fear
We write as academics to express our profound disquiet at what is happening at London Metropolitan University. We are incredulous at vice-chancellor Brian Roper's statement that he did not intend to...
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Careers changes
Peter Knight's work on employability has the sound of calm common sense about it ("Take Cardinal Newman approach, lecturers told", September 10). But there is one assertion - that "most employers are...
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Animal wrongs 1
So, yet more articles in The Times Higher on animal experiments that give the views of the pro-vivisection lobby without reporting those of the pro-animal side ("Science fears attacks will rise with...
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Animal wrongs 2
The freedom of information laws will certainly increase work for some universities likely to be asked about animal experiments. But the identity of scientists and the nature of their work have always...
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Animal wrongs 3
Home Office Minister Caroline Flint says that animal research "saves countless lives each year". But her claim is unsupported by evidence. Meanwhile, there is abundant evidence of harm to humans from...
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We're not all Sir Harry
A fortnight ago you reported the departure of Sir Harry Kroto to the United States because he fears that he will no longer be able to work in UK universities after his 65th birthday. This is clearly...
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Simplified evolution
Where's the God's-eye view to say whether the cosmos has a telos or not? Simon Blackburn's review of Michael Ruse's Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose? (Books, August 13) re-runs the...
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Laurie Taylor Column
A shock survey of the quality of teaching in British universities by The Independent finds that per cent of students fall asleep in lectures. Further percentage findings from the Survey of Teaching...
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Leader: UK must spend to regain its lead
International comparisons are more valuable for the ammunition they provide for campaigners than for the precision of the information they contain - the statistics are often dated, national systems...
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Leader: Hope for fairer system
Everyone is agreed (again) that a post-qualifications applications system would be fairer all round than the present model. A committee has been established (again) to address the practical...
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Under-40s bemoan spoon-fed students
Today's students need much more spoon-feeding than previous generations of undergraduates, the first-ever survey of the country's young academics, conducted for The Times Higher , has found. Almost...
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Clarke: think national
Universities must be prepared to compromise on their autonomy in order to take a more active role in national strategies that affect society and the economy, Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary,...