This week's funding allocations for universities and colleges in England are the first concrete manifestation of the new regime at the English funding council. It is a reasonably good settlement. The...
The United States is turning away from stem-cell research and cloning (legislation proposing a complete ban enters the Senate next week). Thus does the warrior against intolerance elsewhere in the...
Congratulations to Susan Bassnett for raising the lid on the gap between vice-chancellors' and academics' pay (Soapbox, THES , March 1). Paying v-cs on average four to six times the salary of the...
Bassnett's case for redressing pay would be stronger if she fought the good fight without criticising the poor lecturers. The average lecturer-cum-researcher-cum-administrator is working all hours...
Bassnett is right to be outraged. I am happy for my vice-chancellor to be paid a lot of money as long as other staff get paid proportionate salaries that are also in keeping with other professions....
The article "Student demo fails to inspire" ( THES , March 1) does not accurately reflect the day or the feeling of the majority of the 15,000 students who attended. The demonstration was one of many...
The use of sport to legitimise and promote violence and aggression rekindled memories of school ("Is it safe in the locker room?", THES , March 1). No one appeared to enjoy bullying children more...
Andrew Edis QC makes dubious claims about restorative justice and the effectiveness of prison ("Putting the justice system on trial", THES , February 15). "If we go for restorative justice, we shall...
The launch of a national languages strategy in primary schools is welcome, (Analysis, THES , February 15), but where will the teachers come from? The 14-19 green paper announced a plan to allow...
Nigel Paterson is wrong to say fewer Japanese are studying in the United Kingdom ("How UK can sell more 1st-class tickets for life", THES , February 22). UK education attracts 55,000 Japanese each...
Your article on the new childcare grant contains an inaccuracy ("'Bewildering' red tape stops students claiming full childcare support", THES , February 22). While access bursaries and the hardship...
The headline "V-cs mount campaign to keep fees" ( THES , March 1) was an accurate summary of the Universities UK submission to the government on the question of student support but a rather sweeping...
After reading the latest whinnying from Universities UK, I imagine that Treasury officials, other civil servants and politicians must find it hard not to laugh in negotiations with that august body....
The THES urged the British government to "up fees for the rich and help the poor" (Leader, THES , February 1). This is very different from upping fees for the rich to help the poor. Governments,...
Mike Baxter's "unbundled university" ("For a bit more security and satisfaction 'unbundle'", THES , March 1) relies on the myth that business is superior to public services and better suited to...