Seeking assurances
Natfhe's recommendation to its sector conference is not to reject the pay offer of 7.7 per cent over two years but to seek assurances from employers (News, THES , September 26). Roger Kline...
Natfhe's recommendation to its sector conference is not to reject the pay offer of 7.7 per cent over two years but to seek assurances from employers (News, THES , September 26). Roger Kline...
When will those who commission scientific research and support undergraduate teaching in such subjects do their sums and pay the real overhead costs ("Clear improvement?", THES , September 26)? We...
So, farewell to the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education ("ILTHE to vote on disbanding", THES , September 19). The business of improving teaching and learning by encouraging staff...
The University of Kent has no plans to close the Canterbury Centre for Medieval and Tudor History as part of its restructuring of the School of History ("Kent 'axes' medieval history to save cash",...
Can a university cost its quality processes ("Plymouth pays Pounds 1m for quality", THES , September 26)? Quality is embedded in what we do as individuals and corporate professionals. In setting up...
"Quality chiefs" have not said that "inadequate English-language support at Middlesex was damaging overseas students' ability to understand in class" ("Language blow for Middlesex", THES , September...
There could be a simpler reason for A-level students' dissatisfaction with university when compared with non-traditional students' ("Open doors but halt early exits", THES , September 26). A-level...
Lee Burwitz defends the worth of UK sports science by appealing to unspecified evidence from the sports science establishment that benefits from the inflation of esteem of which I complained (Letters...
Jon Beasley-Murray's contribution is a good way of ensuring that the teaching-research divide is complete ("Why I", THES , September 26). Over-paid academics will pursue cutting-edge research into "...
Malcolm Grant is still applying spin to ballots on Cambridge University governance ("This university has to be led by academics", THES , September 26). He says "academics voted against having...
Nigel Paine rightly says content and community are important in education but fails to recognise this in e-learning ("Learning doesn't start with 'e'", THES , September 19). Unlike classroom-based...
Ian Wilmut ends his review of Matt Ridley's book with the quote that genes are "devices for extracting information from the environment" (Books, THES , September 19). Genes are passive storage. They...
Following your front-page article "Foundation drive takes off" ( THES , September 19), I would like to clarify that Edexcel continues to develop and promote the BTEC higher national diploma. We are...
I am not leaving the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology because I object to the merger with Manchester University or the way it has been handled ("Cooper quits Umist over...
Natfhe's recommendation to its sector conference is not to reject the pay offer of 7.7 per cent over two years but to seek assurances from employers (News, THES , September 26). Roger Kline...