Debagged
Alumnus to be proud of No 54 is a man to avoid if you are sensitive to noise pollution. Sean MacGlonin contributed greatly to the peace and quiet of central London last weekend by playing the...
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Artists need a brush with PR
Universities and colleges should do more to promote the benefits of their arts courses, the Arts Council said this week. They ought to be clearer and more open about the kinds of skills and...
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The feel-bad fees factor
I was saddened to read that Birmingham University is considering a Pounds 700 fee for new students (THES, June 14). While studying there between 1988 and 1991, it was obvious to me that I was one of...
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We are not a 'Mum's army'
Brian Williams (THES, June 14) fears the erosion of the established professions such as teaching, social work, probation service and architecture by the rise of the "neo-professions". For some time...
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Consensus and sensibility
After the outcome of the 1992 general election, there are few people bold enough to state that Scottish devolution is a certainty after the next one. But there is increasing public debate of the home...
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Empty ahead
Freudian slip of the week, or evidence that Labour's new commitment to hardheaded capitalism extends to endorsing downsizing just as its strongest proponents start to have second thoughts? Shadow...
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Catapulted forward in time
Your article on Polykleitan proportions (THES, May 31) makes me wonder if they were the causes of the application of modular design in Greek catapults about 300 years later. The dimensions to be...
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Labour is all ears
One of the tests of a mature political party is the ability to hold an open and sensible debate on important issues." There was an element of self-justification in Baroness Blackstone's comment at...
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Mobile Middlesex
Middlesex was among the first UK institutions to join in the Erasmus student exchange programme, with 150 students taking part in six of the initial one-year projects in 1987. It is now one of the...
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Do researchers dream of ROPAs?
The Office of Science and Technology is planning a survey of researchers' attitudes to a troubled multimillion pound scheme to boost links between industry and scientists. The Pounds 70 million...
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Decline but do not mourn
When Bernard Wasserstein abandons the sociological mask of objectivity, he also seems to abandon some of his reasoning power (THES, May 3). He says it is axiomatic that all forms of cultural...
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Meltdown looms in the staff room
Is there a crisis in teacher training? Yes, but not the one featuring in Government pronouncements. Is there a need to eradicate the legacy of the 1960s? Yes, but which legacy? Education minister...
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Wired tongue helps disabled
The remarkable dexterity of the human tongue has been harnessed by medical engineers to help the severely disabled. They hope that patients who cannot control their head or limb movements enough to...
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Triesman vows to reject 1.5% pay rise
Lecturers' union leader David Triesman launched a three-pronged attack on employers today as the two sides began the battle over pay in earnest. Mr Triesman, general secretary of the Association of...