Unjustifiable demands
Let me add my voice to Roger Ballard's (THES, Letters, March 12). The spending authority under which my department is placed has asked us to "justify the existence" of the teaching of Chinese,...
Let me add my voice to Roger Ballard's (THES, Letters, March 12). The spending authority under which my department is placed has asked us to "justify the existence" of the teaching of Chinese,...
Part one of the analysis of teaching quality assessments ("A quality game where cheating is allowed", THES, March 12) consistently refers to inspection of "courses". Courses are not inspected -...
In your account ("Intellectuals fight 'dumbing down'", THES, March 12) of the Culture Wars Conference, I am reported as saying that "students had been turned into clients and education into a leisure...
I note, with regret ("Body facts fail medical", THES, March 12) that a spokesman for the managers of Liverpool John Moores University commented to The THES unilaterally about alleged erroneous...
Your front-page article condemns as flawed and misleading teaching material that one of your experts concedes is subject to academic debate over its accuracy and interpretation. Criticism of a...
We represent the majority of the teaching teams for degree courses in biomedical sciences, biochemistry and microbiology within the school of biomolecular sciences at Liverpool John Moores University...
I would not wish to condone student hand-outs being factually incorrect and contradicting accepted wisdom. But I would advocate some caution before taking the moral high ground and criticising others...
The front-page shocker reveals more about confused academic and journalistic attitudes than it does about Liverpool John Moores University or academic standards. First, the only reason there was a...
Patrick Minford The author, professor of economics at Cardiff University, was an adviser to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s This week's resignation of the commissioners has brought everything to a...
The Germans have spent years anguishing over an appropriate Holocaust memorial. Isn't it time the British erected one to the victims of their imperialism? asks Brian Brivati The Germans have finally...
Andrew Pakes argues that academics are wrong to oppose anonymous marking of work At a time of passion and high emotion it is important that academics understand why students have launched a campaign...
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