Winning governors pledge spending on US colleges
Higher education was an unexpected winner in recent American elections. Voters approved spending hundreds of millions of dollars on university and college construction, renovations, faculty and...
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High-paid profs 'at war' over salaries
German professors could lose their coveted Beamte employment status, which guarantees tenure and generous salaries, under the Social Democrat-Green coalition. Education minister Edelgard Bulmahn has...
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Second Spanish report a 'serious error'
A special inquiry into the state of the nation's universities commissioned by the Spanish ministry of education has angered university leaders, who last July launched their own initiative, billed as...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Andrew Pakes wrote about being gay. We asked whether academics should be able to come out Bob Bennett, School of Art and Design, Coventry University Yes, without question....
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New Zealand universities oppose new tax on assets
New Zealand universities are outraged at the government's latest move to introduce a capital charging system, saying it will inevitably lead to higher student fees. Vice-chancellors say the charge,...
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When actions speak louder than words
If the government's quest to raise school standards is to succeed, higher education must lend its support, writes David Albury. Since the election of the Labour government, some statements from the...
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Aptitude tests could widen social mixture
Widening participation, the government's most cherished higher education policy, has a fine ring. Who could oppose improving opportunities for students from families with low incomes? As this week's...
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Theology turns the other cheek
I hope Chris Lote's letter (THES, November 20) was tongue in cheek, but I fear it might be taken seriously. There is an implicit syllogism in his argument whose absurdity becomes all too apparent...
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Theology turns the other cheek
Lote reminds me of the 1960s, when social engineers were finding out everything about everything, and religion, like capitalism, was doomed as an outdated myth. Behind the arrogance lay the...
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Theology turns the other cheek
At least two members of my department satisfy Graham Ward's requirement of belief in the virgin birth of Christ and they are both Muslims. We have a professor with a DSc in psychology even if he is...
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Theology turns the other cheek
Last week's letter-writers all assume that the study of religion is either: done in departments of theology by people whose study assumes the truth of at least some of the views they explore and...
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Theology turns the other cheek
Chris Lote writes, "On the scientific level we understand the reason for religions", and then proceeds to present a set of personal prejudices as fact. Who are the scientists to whom s/he refers? Is...
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Theology turns the other cheek
Chris Lote's letter displays the kind of bad logic, simplistic theory and incipient racism that I find extraordinary in a high-level academic. His assertion that the principal reason for religion is...
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Thames teaching
As elected members of the academic board of Thames Valley University, representing academic staff, we would like to point out that if the views of teaching staff had been listened to earlier, the...
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Thames teaching
On Mike Fitzgerald's resignation, I am concerned that a myth is being created of someone who was a visionary but could not deliver. This is not the Mike Fitzgerald I have known and respected for more...