It is possible to gain entry to mathematics degrees at prestigious UK institutions with only a single AS-level module of applied mathematics, covering nothing beyond "v = u + at". Discrete...
This text provides a condensed overview of classical thermodynamics, covered at pace and enlivened with historical asides. It is not a book for the uninitiated. To fully benefit, students will need...
This is a text firmly aimed at graduate students in mathematics. The book is formal in style; after a short introduction, it starts with a chapter on the definitions of function spaces, followed by...
Initially, this book appears to be a comprehensive introduction to interest rate modelling. However as the necessary underlying techniques of stochastic calculus and martingales have to be explained...
The compact text covers mathematical basics, probability, brownian motion and stationary stochastic processes, before introducing statistical mechanics and applying these techniques to both...
The research impact debate has already run a lively course. Impact is an integral part of the proposed research excellence framework - a fact that has caused concern in some quarters of the academic...
"Impact statements are intended ultimately to benefit society," argues Dave Delpy, "not interfere with funding" ("They're not unreasonable", 26 November). However, he seems to be unaware of the basic...
In defending impact statements, Dave Delpy, RCUK's "champion for economic impact", neatly destroys his own argument. If he believes that as a non-expert he "could write a statement indicating...
Dave Delpy claims that the petition I posted on the Number 10 website contains a "significant misrepresentation" when it refers to the policy of both the research councils and the research excellence...
I really enjoyed Dave Delpy's piece, in which he sends up RCUK's policy on impact statements by pretending to be a hopelessly ignorant quangocrat with no understanding of the nature and role of pure...
Your article on philosophy cutbacks in UK universities calls for a wider debate ("Being philosophical may be limited to 'leisured' classes", 26 November). Terms such as "vocational" and "academic"...
Your piece tells only half the story. The study of philosophy, as part of the philosophy and ethics component of A level religious studies, is thriving nationally, with large, documented and well-...
As an information professional, I'd like to add to the responses to Kevin Sharpe's article on the modern library ("Quiet, please", 5 November). He raises some good points about the lack of a...
In "The American lesson: How to be top" (26 November), Terence Kealey suggests that UK universities should emulate the American Ivy League by detaching themselves from state support, as if the...
So Peter Williams, former chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency, told a World Innovation Summit for Education in Qatar that "Quality systems 'stifle' innovation" (26 November)? Sounds like...