Still room for improvement
The UK is moving towards mass higher education, and there has been progress in widening access. But opportunity remains unequally distributed. John Pratt reports on a Ucas study that reveals some...
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New Labour, new maths, old results
Ministers like to talk about how much extra money the government has provided for higher education. But this disguises a fall in funding per student in real terms. Stephen Court checks the figures...
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Why the lack of female first in Cambridge is down to more than PMS
A ground-breaking study into student performance has come up with new findings on why boys do better. Paul Surtees reports Ihave just learned that Gallimard wants to publish Lolita," Vladimir Nabokov...
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Dying to meet the deadline
Notable Britons must die before December 31 this year to be included in the New Dictionary of National Biography. Huw Richards talks to the book's editor, Brian Harrison, and explains (below) what it...
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A rich situation
Is the vice-chancellor of the University of Teesside really as incapable of consecutive thought as the National Union of Students seems to be (Letters, THES, September 1)? How can any of them know...
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Modem world
While many people may be unthinkingly applying new technology to learning, this does not apply to all ("Beware geeks bearing modems", THES September 1). Many organisations with which I am working are...
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Modem world
Strathclyde may be bidding to be Europe's first "Thinkpad University", but it is not the first European university to "lap up" students (Enterprise, THES, September 8). Eindhoven University of...
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Earning and learning
If academics in London are to get much higher salaries (Soapbox, THES, September 1), then the costs of degrees in London should rise to reflect this. The effect of this would be to make much...
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Earning and learning
Sarah Fitzpatrick's claim that graduates earn substantially more than non-graduates over their lifetime needs revising in the light of the increasing numbers of mature students (Opinion, THES,...
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ACCA, Oxford Brookes
I would like to clarify some issues raised in the Whistleblower article entitled "PlBan for instant degrees abandoned" (THES, July 14). The agreement with Oxford Brookes University will enable...
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Taking some stick
You have often used quotes from me as a stick with which to beat others who use oversimplified performance indicators. You should now apply this stick to yourself. The article "Student numbers...
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Pounds not points the problem
Are universities that lower entry grades to fill places storing up trouble for the future? Dennis Smith thinks not As this year's admissions round draws to a close, anecdotal evidence is growing that...
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Trust me, I'm a politician
Why does alcohol pose an acceptable risk while GM foods call for caution? It is all about trust and control, says Nick Pidgeon. Risk and the way people respond to and perceive risk has, over the past...
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Path to the right result
How can researchers best manage conflicts of interest? Nicholas Winterton of the MRC explores the issue. It is vital that those funding and undertaking research know what standards of professional...
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Experimenting with drugs for science's sake
Geoff Watts explains a quest to find bacteria with a taste for heroin. Humans have been giving thanks for opium for at least 3,000 years. Now, our oldest painkiller has attracted the attention of our...