A standard complaint
Knowing how to surf the net is more important than good grammar, says Jean Aitchison. "In the last decade, Oxford students' command of basic English has plunged from the atrocious to the abominable...
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Government seeks to overhaul TTA
The role of the Teacher Training Agency should be "redrawn", but there is no case yet for it to be abolished or privatised, the government said this week. A quinquennial review of the TTA, conducted...
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Transparent talent
(Photograph) - Staffordshire University design student Kamini Chauhan won a trip to Florida after her glass designs - entitled Alien Vessels - caught the eye of the organisers of a conference on...
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Chinese students pick fight with Nato
Chinese student bodies and university authorities say they have received hundreds of phone calls from students seeking permission to enlist to help defend Yugoslavia. Companies and enterprises across...
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HIV-Aids link irrefutable
Your interview with Kary Mullis demonstrates how little has been learned by British journalists about Aids in the past decade ("Cresting controversy", THES, April 23). The clinical association...
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Bonkers and rankers
I have only just seen your startling headline proclaiming that "'Bonkers' job index irks v-cs" (THES, April 23). Shame on v-cs for being so narrow-minded. In this age of ubiquitous league tables, I...
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Animals in research
Your article reporting the complaints of pro-vivisection societies and industries proclaims that "Science faces troubled future" (THES, April 30). But the prospect of a more open ethical debate on...
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Scots student reps oppose fees
There appears to be some confusion on whether or not student representatives are in favour of tuition fees (Soapbox, THES, May 14). No one disagrees that the abolition of tuition fees is not the only...
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Scots student reps oppose fees
Tuition fees are a disgraceful attack on the principles of free state education and blathering on about how hard up our universities are misses the point ("Abolishing fees in Scotland will add to...
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Scots student reps oppose fees
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have made a curious choice of the issue of opposition to tuition fees as the centrepiece of their coalition negotiations. The Liberal Democratic Party is committed to...
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The correct way to show and tell
Scientists should shun the media until their research has been peer reviewed, argue Brian Heap and Peter Collins. What do you do if, as a research scientist, you make a discovery that you know will...
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Bright idea
(Photograph) - Bright idea: Patricia Cooper, Emma Burkitt and Ian Walkowski are served tea by MP Austin Mitchell at The Ideas Place cafe in Grimsby. The cafe will provide work experience and training...
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Cambridge gains KuDOS
Research by cancer specialists at Cambridge University is to be commercialised via a Pounds 5 million start-up. Kam Patel reports A cancer treatment company has been launched by Cambridge University...
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Colleges failing to monitor students
Colleges have "much more to do" before the government can be confident that students are getting proper learning opportunities, further education funding chiefs have warned, writes Phil Baty. In a...
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Staff fear crises will worsen
Staff at the two worst failing colleges have criticised recovery plans, claiming the proposed action will unfairly penalise innocent staff and could exacerbate the crises, writes Phil Baty. As the...