Letter: Speaking volumes
Your front-page headline "Poor leaders are crippling UK colleges" ( THES , November 3) does not reflect what we heard the Further Education Funding Council chief inspector, Jim Donaldson, say at the...
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Letter: Saying is believing?
Diana Warwick, chief executive of the Committee of Vice-chancellors and Principals, is quoted as saying that undergraduate students "who pay fees, according to the criteria, should be able to pay,...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Friday
(All time pm unless stated.) Performance on 3 (7.30 R3). A weekend celebrating the centenary of Aaron Copland's birth begins with a concert live from the Barbican in London and an interval talk by...
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Cheap food, poor policy
The BSE crisis showed that health has been the missing link in the food chain. Now, writes Tim Lang, it is time for the government to enshrine public wellbeing at the heart of an open policy-making...
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Who said your daddy's daddy won the West with the help of a gun?
Michael Bellesiles's suggestion that US gun culture is an 'invented tradition' has made him the gun lobby's prime target, Tim Cornwell writes. Hate email arrives in Michael Bellesiles's mailbox in...
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Latino lingo is the ploy to win Spanish ayes
Bush and Gore spoke Spanish to woo the US's largest immigrant community. Clare Mar-Molinero explains why. Something is happening to Spanish. The number of people speaking it is growing and, more...
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The way to avoid being institutionalised
You do not have to be a full-time academic working under the auspices of an institute to publish serious works of research. John Davies spoke to authors who have forged a reputation and made a good...
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Higher Channels
A "Who'll Save Africa?" season begins with The Hunger Business (Saturday and Sunday 8.00 C4). Beginning with the Nigeria-Biafra conflict of the 1960s and the aid effort that prolonged the war, the...
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Latest UK news
Chancellor gives research a boost Chancellor Gordon Brown has given research and innovation a helping hand in his pre-budget statement. Mr Brown said there would be consultation on tax relief for...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The government will announce an extra £600 million in funding to back the business-led Learning and Skills Council — the biggest reform in national training efforts since...
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Latest international news
Germany and Brazil exchange ideas Germany and Brazil have signed a memorandum of understanding that aims to increase the bilateral exchange of postgraduate and postdoctoral academics by 20...
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Assessment of Impacts of Genetically Modified Plants
Deadline: 15/12/2000
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Grants for UK citizens
Deadline: 01/12/2000
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Daily TV & radio guide - Thursday
Secrets of the Ancients (10.00 am UK Horizons) Re-runs of the BBC Science series from last year begin with an episode in which Robin Knox-Johnston tries to sail a reconstructed Viking longship....
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Further Education - out on 17 November
On 17 November The Times Higher Education Supplement presents a snapshot of further education in England as the sector faces its biggest shakeup for many years. Contributors include David Melville,...