A charm spinning in blood
There are many films which include images of the swastika; in Leni Riefenstahl's notorious Triumph of the Will the city of Nuremberg is transformed into a "swastika world". Less well known, however,...
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Dilemma of kissing cousins
The science of human genetics appears to be taking a "social" turn, with the blessings of Britain's biggest backers of biomedical research. The Medical Research Council has begun to fund studies into...
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Prospect of fool's gold
This year the 16th congress of the International Political Science Association was held in Berlin. The congresses take place every three years with about 2,000 participants from every part of the...
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We are not amused
Your article "Lecturers' hours deal for Natfhe" (THES, October 14) describes Roger Ward, Colleges Employers Forum's chief executive, as "very amused" by this college's collective agreement on...
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Benign dictators need academics
I have read John Rear's well-crafted apology for the new university managements (THES, October 21). It is a fine piece of rhetoric. I also attended Friday's meeting of the Council for Academic...
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Colleges pay the price for degrees
Almost a fifth of further education colleges are now offering degree or sub-degree level courses supported by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. But the funding mechanism was not...
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Glasnost comes to Bournemouth
A certain amount of caginess is inevitable in new vice chancellors as they accustom themselves to their role as half human and half the embodiment of a large and complex academic institution. But...
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Child care run like fast-food industry
Child welfare in the UK has adopted the style of the fast food industry, according to a leading social policy researcher. David Thorpe, senior lecturer in applied social science at Lancaster...
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Email benefits for vice chancellors
Lucy Hodges's article (Multimedia, THES, January 13) on the use of e-mail by the president of Ohio University implies that his widespread use of this form of technology is both novel and unique among...
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The real end of the tower block affair
I read T. A. Markus's review of Tower Block by Glendinning & Muthesius (THES, January 13) and was struck how Professor Markus managed to miss key points in the history of tower block...
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Surgeon's shinguard safety coup
An orthopaedic surgeon at Leicester University is seeking a Pounds 150,000 Medical Research Council grant for a project he believes could save the National Health Service at least Pounds 3.5 million...
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A never-ending learning story
Teaching and studying methods must be revolutionised if lecturers and students are to meet the challenges of modern life, says Patricia Partington. Reforms are necessary in learning and teaching...
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Expert help for angst
At this moment in German history no one is certain whether the new (and in all likelihood, last) government led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl will survive the four years until our next elections. The...