Don't cost equality 1
How I despair when I hear opinions on disability such as those expressed by Peter Lumsden ("Why I believe there are limits on what universities can do to deal with disability", THES , August 23). In...
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Don't cost equality 2
Your feature on student mental-health issues ("Academe gets in the right frame of mind", THES , August 30) refers to a Higher Education Funding Council for England-funded project at Lancaster...
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Saddam the hero
During the Gulf war, when I was doing my doctoral fieldwork in New Caledonia, the Kanak population were generally sympathetic towards Saddam Hussein ("If war is not the answer, what is?" THES, August...
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Adequate monitoring
Further to your article "Student agents aid illegal entry" ( THES , September 6), it would be wise to point out that international offices within British universities do generally have a very...
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Wolfram's free plug
Stephen Wolfram must be delighted at the criticism of his New Kind of Science . You exaggerate its importance yet further with free front and back-page publicity, as well as by giving J. Doyne Farmer...
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Limited new role
Your piece on higher education's three key interest groups ("Chips off the old bloc find their own voice", THES , September 6) put a welcome spotlight on my new role as chief executive of the...
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No secrets here
Your article "Inquiry as 'shoddy' thesis wins PhD" ( THES , August 23), contains some basic errors. Your reporter states that "the University of Wales kept the events secret until this year when...
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Laurie Taylor column
Intellectual evolution may stop unless universities make learning easier - THES , September 6. Ah, Doctor Bridges, there you are. Please take a seat. My name is Dave Struthers and I'm chairperson of...
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Leader: Europe must not let rivalries snare research agenda
This week's wrangle over the forthcoming Framework programme for research shows that the European Research Area planned in Brussels will be complex to implement. The argument involves sore points...
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Leader: Quality regime enters uncharted territory
Universities presumably anticipated some discontent among professional bodies such as the Law Society when they were lobbying for the abolition of teaching quality assessments. Like prospective...
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Applying precautionary principle to veterinary pharmaceuticals, CFI upholds ban on antibiotic additives to animal feed: two judgments (with press release)
Luxembourg, 11 September 2002 T-13/99, Pfizer Animal Health SA v v Council of the European Union Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) on 11 September 2002 (link to English version...
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Today's news
Cash crunch threatens expansion, v-c says The financial position of Britain’s universities is now unsustainable and they may be unable to meet the government’s demands to expand student numbers and...
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Searching for gravitational waves with LISA - ESA to look for the missing link in gravity
Paris, 11 Sep 2002 Although you can never be certain of predicting future developments in science, there is a good chance of a fundamental breakthrough in physics soon. With a series of unique...
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Environment Committee: no postponement of animal testing ban on cosmetics (motion for resolution adopted unanimously)
Brussels, 11 Sep 2002 Plans by the European Commission to postpone the introduction of a ban on the marketing of cosmetics ingredients tested on animals after 1 July 2002 came under heavy fire on...
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Philippe Busquin: Recherche européenne, énergie nucléaire et développement soutenable, Journée de présentation du Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique "La recherche du CEA dans l'espace européen" Bruxell
Bruxelles, le 10 septembre 2002 Je tiens à saluer cette initiative majeure d'une grande organisation de recherche européenne, qui prend à bras le corps les enjeux européens. Je suis convaincu que les...