Letter: Facts on figures 3
Professor Lapping's experience of peer observation of teaching (Laurie Taylor THES , March 22) invites sympathy. In Poppleton's exercise, however, Derek abuses the process. Such "feedback" is counter...
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Letter: Citation revelation
Mark Griffiths (Letters, THES , March 22) finds fault with our citation count (Letters, THES , March 1). He is wrong in the detail but we did have trouble with initials. All the more extraordinary...
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Letter: Subsidies don't work 1
Loud cheers for Universities UK's apparent acceptance ("Access myths refuted", THES , March 22) that "better-off students profit by taking out interest-free student loans". Interest subsidies do not...
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Letter: Subsidies don't work 2
The government justifies loans on the grounds that students, over their lives, are likely to earn more than enough to repay it. As the proportion of young people entering higher education nears 50...
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Letter: Middlesex job truth
Marie Owens's claim that 90 posts have been lost "mostly through not filling vacancies" is incorrect (Letters, THES , March 22). Since June, there have been 43 voluntary redundancies, two involving...
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Letter: Stress buster
I am surprised that the University of Dundee is moving to a two-semester model with assessment at the end of each period (For the record, THES , March 22). Staff at the University of Huddersfield are...
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Laurie Taylor column
The hunt is on for the least read academic journal - THES , March 22. The Quarterly Journal of Feminist Creationism : This journal provides a forum for all those feminist creationists who are anxious...
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Leader: Only robust rules will temper effort to draw wealthy
Britain's elite universities are mysterious institutions, never more so than when it comes to the finances of Oxford and Cambridge universities and their constituent colleges. But this week's Oxford...
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Leader: AUT's new leader faces daunting challenges
Sally Hunt is to be congratulated on winning the election for one of the most important jobs in British higher education. An effective general secretary for the Association of University Teachers is...
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Is it really wicked if it works?
Pembroke College faces criticism for considering creating a place for a benefactor's child but Alan Ryan sees nothing sinister in the strategy. Amid the high-minded commentary on the Pembroke "places...
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Closer cooperation could create 11 million jobs for Europe by 2010, say researchers
Brussels, March 2002 European Union countries could achieve a dramatic increase in employment rates within just three years if they coordinate their policies more closely and implement a number of...
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Busquin to attend Fraunhofer event on preparing for ERA
Brussels, March 2002 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will attend an event held by the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in Brussels on 10 April, aimed at outlining its contribution to and support for...
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Updated draft regulation on control of salmonella and other food-borne zoonotic agents
Brussels, March 2002 Proposed Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of salmonella and other food-borne zoonotic agents and amending Council Directives 64/432/EEC ,...
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UK to introduce tax cuts for large companies investing in R&D
Brussels, March 2002 The UK will introduce tax credit for large companies in order to increase their level of research and development (R&D), the Treasury has revealed. The Treasury has, for...
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ESA to test the smartest technique for detecting extrasolar planets from the ground
Paris, March 2002 To see a dim planet around a bright star is like looking for a candle flame next to a searchlight. To solve this problem, scientists have developed the concept of nulling...