In a league of their own
I am concerned that you attempted to demonstrate a university league table (THES, May 17) of entry requirements based on the A-level points expected to be asked of students for entry as published in...
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Colleges drag feet on sex code
A Canadian psychology professor charged with sexual assault has been suspended for a year without pay from his university. Richard Freeman, whose alleged crimes of sexual assault and gross indecency...
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Personal savings route to study
Britain must become a nation of money-saving squirrels if it is to crack the nut of university funding, according to the right-wing thinkers of the Social Market Foundation. In a report, Memo to...
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Bias victim wins
A House of Lords judgment could hit universities and colleges that have sent out negative references containing unsupported opinion. Michelle Brenton, a graduate from the Polytechnic of Wales, now...
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Science lags behind on the insular isle
Britain is not keeping up with its partners in Europe in internationalising its education system and its scientific and technological workforce, according to a new study, writes Kam Patel. The report...
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Media success story
Ian Christie's curiously contradictory article on media and film studies ("Lights, cameras . . . no action", THES, May 24) will add to the growing file of clippings over the past two years in which...
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Fillip for Clinton voluntary work
President Bill Clinton has scored a small victory in his long-running tug of war with the United States Congress over Americorps, his prized civilian national service programme. Evidence released...
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Scots funders shun English quality union
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has underlined its arm's-length approach to a single United Kingdom quality agency by vetoing the transfer of its quality assessment responsibilities to...
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'Genocide' row over Princeton job
Princeton University has become ensnared in the bitter enmity over the mass killings of Armenians in Turkey during the first world war. The prestigious private university, which celebrates its 250th...
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Taking the plunge
(Photograph) - Taking the plunge: modern societies are full of risks, many man-made. Mad cow disease, genetically modified organisms, fertility-threatening chemicals, polluted water, the list grows...
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Beauty is in the eye of a Greek chisel holder
Do we find certain people sexy because we have been unduly influenced by the anatomical preferences of a sculptor who has been dead for over 2,500 years? George Hersey looks at the enduring and...
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Pro-fees lobby told to donate pay
An attempt to defuse the debate in Germany over tuition fees by the Gutersloh- based Centre for Higher Education Development provoked noisy student protests this month. Students demonstrated their...
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Fast-track students lead way
Students on "fast-track" degree courses tend to out-perform their peers on traditional undergraduate programmes, a study has concluded. But they are also more likely to drop out, or to have problems...
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Locking horns with welfare foe
David Marsland's continuing attempt to portray the welfare state as an unmitigated disaster is, as usual, wide of the mark. Although it has a number of shortcomings, the post-1945 welfare state has...