Creating a storm (3)
I am baffled by the manner in which postmodernism arouses such prejudice in scholars. Martin Hammersley's comments (Letters, THES , April 5) on my letter ( THES , March 29) are a case in point. I...
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Get donor-parents out of system (1)
The "donations for degrees" allegation that led to the resignation of two fellows at Pembroke College, Oxford ("Price of Pembroke scandal is autonomy", THES , March 29) raises serious questions about...
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Get donor-parents out of system (2)
Many school-leavers attaining the necessary A levels to attend such august institutions as Pembroke College, Oxford, have probably had amounts not dissimilar to £300k invested in their education. By...
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The pure skills trap
Chris Woodhead's article ("Trouble in the trades", Soapbox, THES , March 29) reminded me of when I was a general studies lecturer in the 1980s and charged with widening the education and improving...
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Outdated review
Semir Zeki's review of Out of Mind (Books, THES , March 29) rehashes splinters of the debate on blindsight that took place more than a decade ago. The picture the reviewer sketches is so outdated...
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Laurie Taylor
"The University of North London and London Guildhall University are paying a 'five-figure fee' for work on a new logo" - THES, April 5 . Item 12: Redesigning the Poppleton logo. Professor Comstock...
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Leader: Can there really be too many female doctors?
It is less than 150 years since Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain, against the massed opposition of a white, male profession. It is only 40 years...
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Leader: It's a smart move to support your vice-chancellor
Who runs universities? To the chagrin of vice-chancellors, as accountability and funding difficulties have come to bear, governing bodies, be they councils (of old universities) or governing boards (...
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From today's UK papers
Tiniest particle may hold key to dark matter The lightest known particle in the Universe has been weighed for the first time. Scientists from Cambridge University have calculated that the neutrino,...
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Scientific committee recommends standard approach to BSE testing in sheep
Brussels, 10 April 2002 The EU's scientific steering committee adopted two opinions on BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) on 5 April, agreeing a strategy for testing small ruminants for BSE if...
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"Intelligent Energy for Europe": the Commission proposes a new energy action programme
Brussels, 9 April 2002 Today, the Commission is proposing a new multiannual programme for actions in the field of energy, "Intelligent Energy for Europe" (2003-2006), to follow on from the current...
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Finland to host research management event
Brussels, 10 April 2002 An international workshop focusing on European research management will take place in Turku, Finland on and 28 May. The event will focus on three key themes: the Sixth...
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Several recent scientific committee findings related to BSE
Brussels, 10 April 2002 - Recent opinions of SSC on BSE-related Issues, 09 April 2002 - Opinion on safe sourcing of small ruminant materials (adopted on 04-05 April 2002) - Suggested strategy to...
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Statement on the need for non-human primates in biomedical research (adopted on 04-05 April 2002) (link)
Brussels, 10 April 2002 Statement
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Roberto Vittori - live from Star City
Paris, 10 April 2002 ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italian nationality will shortly lift off from Baikonur on board a Russian Soyuz vehicle for a ten-day mission - codenamed 'Marco Polo' - to the...