Wisdom in languages
Jim Coleman is right to call for nationally agreed standards for languages (page 4). Britain, traditionally excelling in linguistic incompetence, is now experiencing huge demand from students and...
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Points of reference on the jobs map
The practice described by Martin Hollis (requesting references to accompany applications rather than following shortlisting) is already not uncommon. I have been asked to follow this procedure by...
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Points of reference on the jobs map
It is not only for refereeing purposes that the members of the Russell Group are trying to flex their muscles; during an unsuccessful attempt last year to headhunt me to a larger institution in time...
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To Wit: a culture clash
Three months ago, 13 senior academics at the University of the Wi****ersrand - all but one white - lodged a 297-page dossier of complaints against William Malegapuru Makgoba, deputy vice chancellor...
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Points of reference on the jobs map
Martin Hollis complained that candidates for a lectureship here have been instructed to ask their referees to write directly to the university (THES, February 2). The reason for adopting this brisk,...
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Homerton ensures excellence
I write in the strongest possible terms about the article entitled "In defence of Cambridge excellence" by Frank H. King (THES, February 2). Dr King is seeking to mislead your readers, in the same...
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Skills should be a byproduct of study
Your editorial "Demanding and confused" (THES, February 2) implies that universities face a choice between delivering the curriculum or encouraging their students to acquire skills employers seek....
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The Bible ignores Palestine
The headline "The Bible bashers" (THES, January 19) sensationalises and trivialises an important academic debate within biblical studies. Furthermore, the claim that I explained to Simon Targett that...
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The party's gold card
For one reason or another higher education seems to be a source of contention in most - if not all - developed lands. The Russia of the 1990s is no exception, indeed her universities and institutes...
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Key issue review due 'shortly'
The Government is poised to produce plans for tackling key higher education funding and policy issues, but the plans are expected to be broadbrush rather than detailed. Gillian Shephard, Secretary of...
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University funding
The Association of University Teachers has again called for a Royal Commission to lead a national investigation in to the "nightmare problem" of university funding, writes Alison Utley. The AUT said...
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The sleep of reason ... is a female nightmare
* There are 44 million "missing women" in China alone, 36.9 million in India. * In India the "missing women" comprise 9.5 per cent of the number of actual women, in Pakistan 12.9 per cent * When only...
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Is there anyone out there?
It's very unlikely, says Arnold Wolfendale. When lecturing on the search for extra-terrestrial life and the future of life on earth, I usually start by asking "how many of you believe that there is...
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Gotcha! Auntie nabs 'wimp' wonder
Where once Bertrand Russell led, the Rupert Murdoch professor of language and communication now follows. Simon Targett talks to the exponent of this year's BBC Reith lectures, Jean Aitchison True or...