Media inflation
In my piece ("Don't knock the messengers", THES, October 16) defending media studies from the ravages of journalistic antipathy, I too became a victim. The article gives the impression that I...
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Restore the balance
We should not sound too apocalyptic a note on teacher training ("Teacher training crisis deepens", THES, October 16). The situation is not one of terminal collapse but of progressive instability. We...
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Restore the balance
Far from planning to "withdraw teacher training courses", the University of Hertfordshire places continuing development in the full range of its teacher education provision as a high priority in its...
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Restore the balance
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to its full range of initial teacher training courses. Any adjustment in shortage areas between our two major campuses at Didsbury and Crewe would...
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Registering surprise
I was surprised to read of Hilary Wilson's experience on registration day at Royal Holloway (Letters, THES October 16). Our policy is to allow local education authority-assessed students to pay in...
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What's happening?
It is a bit rich of Richard Rorty, of all people, to complain that students these days have little sense of what's happening in the world ("Engage with the world", THES, October 16). Can this be the...
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Why I ... think heroin should be legalised
The prevalence of illicit drug use of all kinds has gone up and up among all sections of society, all age groups and across all drugs over the past 15 years. Alongside this we have had an increasing...
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Bankrupt advice
American and British academics should take the blame for Russia's crisis, says Michael Haynes After the fall come the recriminations. With the Russian economy in crisis they are beginning to appear...
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Stand by your ban on GM crops
It is time to stop the onward march of genetic engineering, says Jules Pretty This week ministers once again considered whether to ban the growing of genetically modified crops in Britain for up to...
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World watch
China's expenditure on education rose by 12 per cent in 1997 to Yuan253 billion (Pounds 19.4 billion), representing 2.49 per cent of gross domestic product, according to the state statistics bureau...
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Pressure grows over drop-outs
Vice-chancellors are preparing to tackle funding council chiefs over drop-out rates. The Higher Education Funding Council for England is preparing to release drop-out figures based on a narrowly-...
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The THES Diary
Those in favour Mayhem ruled at this week's Oxford Union debate on student fees, sponsored by Andersen Consulting. National Union of Students president Andrew Pakes, due to speak against the motion "...
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Teething troubles
(Photograph) - Richard Smith displays a dental measuring system, using a digital camera and computer analysis, he and other members of Sheffield University's child health department have developed.
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The troubled international joint ventures
* Southampton Institute In June 1996, the Higher Education Quality Council published a critical general audit report on Southampton Institute. The HEQC criticised the institute for withholding from...
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Don's Diary
Week ending July 17 Informed that the number of students for my advanced business computing course next academic year should be 56 - double this year's 28. Put in request for a lecture room with SVGA...