Fleming's faith
John Waller writes that by 1930 Alexander Fleming's early optimism in the clinical potential of penicillin had gone (Letters, THES , December 20/). This is not true. Many former St Mary's medical...
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Anti-hooligan rebel
It is a bit rich to describe me as a "vociferous anti-moderniser" ("Cambridge rebels hold up rejig", THES , December 13). The outgoing administration ran up an eight-figure deficit. It tried to...
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In service 1
There is a major weakness in Roger Waterhouse's contention that education is "just another service industry" (Soapbox, THES , December 20/). No normal service industry depends for its success on the...
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In service 2
I was one of those customers referred to by Roger Waterhouse. As a paying student, the basics and image were as important to me as the support. What I encountered were two-hour lectures with little...
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Rated but not related?
John Saunders (Letters, THES , December 13) has not read my Exchange article carefully. Evidence of the lack of relationship between the quality of a lecturer's teaching and his or her research comes...
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Input more time 1
John Sutherland (Letters, THES , December 20/) claims that computer science students can spend less than half a working week on study. I teach my course unit - one of four students take - on the...
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Input more time 2
John Sutherland's fact-shovelling one-year degree would only certify having "done time" (Why I..., THES , December 6). He is confusing learning with education. Learning is based on accumulating...
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Non-nonsense nature
I do not share Michael Rutter's confidence that the blank-slate view of human nature has been widely rejected (Books, THES , December 13) and think it is unfair to claim that Steven Pinker's The...
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Roll the credits
Martin Ince likened the author list of some scientific papers to the credits of a Hollywood film (Opinion, THES , December 6). Like them, they should specify contributions. This would give credit to...
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Passed over poets
Jonathan Dollimore's defence of theory ("Sex rescues sad character from clutches of caricature", THES , December 20/) was tellingly placed before Kathleen Taylor's essay on imagination and knowledge...
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Laurie Taylor Column
At this time of year, The THES traditionally invites a number of key individuals and organisations in higher education to send their personal new year greetings. From UUK (Universities UK) Happy new...
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Leader: Fairness and clarity are key to viable reform
New years are meant to begin with a burst of optimism and an appetite for change. In 2003, the optimism may be tempered with caution, but no one in higher education should be taken by surprise at the...
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Today's news
Tories attack £14m fast track for teachers A £14 million scheme to attract the brightest graduates into teaching has so far resulted in just 110 new teachers in classrooms. The Tories called for the...
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Strip the malls of lots of lolly, fa la la la...
With only four shopping days left until Christmas, a study has found that the UK has become a nation of consumer cheats. More than three-quarters of shoppers have not owned up to getting too much...
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Clarke toys with early fee hike
Ministers are considering an immediate rise in upfront tuition fees to help bridge the gap in university funding until more radical reforms are introduced. Plans submitted to education secretary...