Joking aside
Laurie Taylor is wrong in his review of The Mirth of Nations to suggest that I was driven by ideology to refute the connection between ethnic joking and hostility and conflict (Books, THES , November...
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Value judgements
The Quality Assurance Agency complains that it still receives "self-evaluation documents that are not sufficiently self-critical" ("College HE standards hit by flawed marking", THES , November 15)....
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Engineering language
I am always interested in other scholars' views of my work - after all, the academic calling is about the search for truth - and engineers' views on the Middle Ages are particularly welcome as they...
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Breaking the mould
John C. Waller should check his facts before trying to debunk Alexander Fleming. In "Dimming the light of reflected glory" (Features, THES , November 15), he states: "But Fleming's notebooks and...
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Laurie Taylor column
"Quasi-academic degrees are winning favour" - THES , November 15. Item 16 on the agenda. Statement by Professor Lapping. Thank you, Dr Quintock. Some of you around this table will remember that...
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'Daft ducks' and 'smelly old cows' probably not welcome
Ageism in universities is not limited to academic staff, writes Chris Bunting. Many mature students find that they are isolated and suffer abuse in a system that favours the young. Julie" doesn't...
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Experience counts for little if the years are stacking up
Despite warnings of a staff-recruitment crisis, universities continue to dump 'dynamic, innovative' academics for the heinous 'crime' of turning 65. Helen Hague reports Despite all the talk about...
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Dirty secrets of Great War
Many participants in the first world war buried painful memories of their brutality and atrocities. The result was a society paralysed by grief and passive in the face of subsequent fascism,...
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West's finger is on trigger, but will it help Iraqi victims?
War in Iraq would spark an exodus of refugees, but the West is unlikely to welcome the displaced with open arms. Gil Loescher reports If, as many predict, the United Nations inspection of Iraqi...
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US faculty play a numbers game
Academic salaries in the US have been soaring as faculty vie for the best, but, writes Stephen Phillips, pay inflation is slowing. "I have a formula," recounts literary critic Stanley Fish, dean of...
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Skeggie lad enjoys pasta and Carnage
Money's tight and a 9am seminar is no fun with a hangover, but Liam Twigg is still happy to be the first in his family to enrol at university. Harriet Swain joined him in Birmingham for the fourth...
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Today's news
SDP Oxbridge set makes running on top-up fees Downing Street is seeking to defuse the growing row over university top-up fees amid fears that allies of Gordon Brown are using it to drive a wedge...
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Call for researchers in scientific and social issues
Brussels, 20 Nov 2002 The Branco Weiss Fellowship has issued a call for applications for talented researchers, offering them the opportunity to conceive and develop a personal research agenda/idea...
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Scientists assess consequences of Spanish oil spill
Brussels, 20 Nov 2002 Scientists are concerned about the threat posed by the oil spill in Spain to the Balearic shearwater, a rare seabird that was already facing extinction. Robin Law, a marine...
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Envisat's ASAR reveals extent of massive oil spill off Spanish coast
Paris, 20 Nov 2002 Oil from the wrecked tanker off the northwest coast of Spain had already reached the Spanish coast when ESA's Envisat satellite acquired this radar image of the oil slick,...