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To state that staff are "not entitled to time off" for religious observance is too bold. The new regulations against discrimination make no mention of time off to attend religious festivals. However...
To state that staff are "not entitled to time off" for religious observance is too bold. The new regulations against discrimination make no mention of time off to attend religious festivals. However...
Do London editors never get their heads out of the smog? Unfair? Well, so is "'Dreary' Dundee is the place to be" ( THES , November 28). Dundee 2003 has sunshine, open spaces, clean air and fast...
Hindu responses to Paul Courtright's book are more complex than your pithy introduction suggests ("Silenced for hinting at an Indian Oedipus", THES , November 28). There are indeed Hindus incensed by...
Eric Thomas' claim that only Oxbridge has a global impact among UK universities ("Think you belong on the world stage? Think again", THES , November 28) is unfair to Imperial College London and the...
The UK has long regarded itself as international because it has large numbers of international students and because its researchers collaborate worldwide. Other countries are internationalising far...
Lancaster University's offer of a personal chair is in no way connected to the Austrian Academy of Science's refusal to extend and fund my research centre ("Lancaster rescues embattled linguist",...
I am surprised Arthur C. Clarke seems unaware of The Double Helix (1968) by James Watson (Books, THES , November 14) when he says that "there are few examples of a great breakthrough in science being...
The article "Price of policy put at £230m" ( THES , November 28) incorrectly suggests that the Royal Society regards the distribution of higher education funding council support based on information...
The Royal Society did not commission the work carried out by Evidence Ltd and, although the analysis was communicated to him, Lord May's analyses and conclusions were his own. While the Evidence work...
At no point does the Arts and Humanities Research Board's submission to the research assessment exercise consultation say that musical performance "cannot be classified as research" ("Performers must...
From: The departmental secretary To: All members of department I am writing with reference to the reformulation of the annual Christmas dinner. As you will recall, the Board of Studies was asked to...
From: The departmental secretary To: All members of department I am writing with reference to the reformulation of the annual Christmas dinner. As you will recall, the Board of Studies was asked to...
Over its 20 years of publication, the annual British Social Attitudes survey has proved an invaluable counter to the spin peddled by the government and opposition groups. But, as all sides in the...
Over its 20 years of publication, the annual British Social Attitudes survey has proved an invaluable counter to the spin peddled by the government and opposition groups. But, as all sides in the...
Johnson says science students will escape top-up fees Thousands of science students will escape top-up fees, the higher education minister declared yesterday. Alan Johnson told the Commons education...