Chatham House in the pink over budget
Chatham House, Britain's oldest think-tank, has emerged with an operating surplus after years of financial problems. The news was announced this week by Lord Marshall (below), the new chairman, who...
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Officials moot open policy on gene
British and American officials are considering issuing a joint statement in support of the public dissemination of data from the Human Genome Project. Civil servants at the Office of Science and...
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Students who skip save
More than one in eight full-time students at Scottish universities will enter directly into the second year because of good sixth-form results, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions...
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Unfair blow
I fully support the notion of whisleblowing as an honourable course of action in the face of corporate belligerence, administrative malpractice and where the public is misled, but it is disquieting...
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One hen, many pigs
Scotland has just one Catholic v-c ("Spot the Catholic", THES, September 10). Is this because the country is dominated by Protestant bigots? Who knows? I do know that Scotland has only one woman...
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Science frictions
Harry Kroto's strong argument ("Show me the science", THES, September 17) is that media presentation of science as entertainment is undermining general knowledge and understanding of science. Yet...
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Scales rethink urged by CVCP
The QAA is running into more trouble. Tony Tysome and Phil Baty report Vice-chancellors are to lobby ministers for changes to controversial plans for a new quality assessment regime. The Committee of...
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Baroness Blackstone launches Higher Education Innovations Fund
Baroness Blackstone last week launched the Pounds 12 million Higher Education Innovations Fund, designed to bring new ideas to tackle issues such as equal opportunities.
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Science frictions
Neither you nor your readers should think that the reported views of Sir Richard Sykes, president of the BAAS, represent those of British scientists, or even those of the members of the scientific...
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Pay structure: national vs local
It is strange for Larry Bunt to be talking down the possibility of government funds to implement the Pounds 450 million Bett recommendations at the exact time the entire sector is lobbying hard for...
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Pay structure: national vs local
The Bett proposals fail to recognise the changing nature of higher education in the 21st century. There is no recognition of, or attempt to celebrate, its diversity. Vested interests seem to have...
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Welsh mergers
The map accompanying the story "Welsh unis face merger plan" (THES, 10 September) provides the grounds for rejecting mergers in favour of re evaluating the actions of sector leaders in quietly...
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Degree account
In response to recent letters (THES, September 10 and 17) and a Whistleblowers column (THES, September 3) on links between the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Oxford Brookes...
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Visitor is dead
Graham Zellick's eulogy to the visitor (Letters, THES, September 17) indulges in the same "piffle" he is keen to dismiss. Whether he likes it or not, the Human Rights Act will not only force the...
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Very inviting post
John Brooke, an internationally respected scholar in his field, never "put himself forward for the job" (Whistleblowers, THES, September 10). Rather, at the unanimous invitation of the other electors...