Dershowitz's tortured case (full text)
To be accused of dishonesty, mendaciousness, deceits, stereotyping, and bigotry by Alan Dershowitz is a mild form of torture, easily rebutted (Letters, THES , November 1). His letter responds to none...
To be accused of dishonesty, mendaciousness, deceits, stereotyping, and bigotry by Alan Dershowitz is a mild form of torture, easily rebutted (Letters, THES , November 1). His letter responds to none...
One consequence of the imposition of top-up fees will be that most academics will be unable to afford to send their own children to university. John Newsinger Bath Spa University College Lorna...
To be accused of dishonesty, mendaciousness, deceits, stereotyping and bigotry by Alan Dershowitz is a mild form of torture. His letter ( THES , November 1) responds to none of my serious objections...
I wish Sir Michael Bichard the best of luck in his bid for university status for the highly distinguished London Institute (News, THES , October 25). But he cannot be allowed to get away with the...
The claim that 80 per cent of computing graduates are lost to UK industry comes from a comparison of incompatible and incomplete statistics that does not stand up to serious scrutiny ("Industry...
Audits, league tables and the desire to lessen student problems and improve performance are leading to the demise of difficult but fundamental subjects that provide a foundation for the understanding...
You report ("Top-up fees trigger Russell rift", THES , November 1) that a "hard core" of Russell Group universities might take a unilateral decision to charge substantial top-up fees. If they expose...
I thought class warriors had died with new Labour. Clearly not, if Abigail McKnight's views are representative (Soapbox, THES , November 1). To expect the parents of children who attend independent...
The Welsh Assembly is committed to achieving a credit and qualifications framework embracing all post-16 and higher education by 2003 ("Changing courses is no problem", THES , October 18). This...
I have argued for years that disseminating academic work through the media has far more advantages than disadvantages ("Celebrity snares", THES , November 1). The media provide publicity for...
It is a shame to see a good joke being mangled ("Check emails, fix up meeting with councillors, buy Kit Kat", THES , November 1). The original question was: "What's the difference between a non-...
The new Higher Education Policy Institute is evidently as unaware as the Department for Education and Skills of the government's aim for equality in public life (Diary, THES , November 1). But...
Paris, 06 Nov 2002 Last year, seven of Europe's leading intergovernmental research organisations set up a high-level co-ordination and collaboration group, known as EIROforum. They include CERN (...
Copenhagen, 06 Nov 2002 Meeting of the COST JAF Group will take place in the following three parts: Part I: 10h00: Biomaterials Chair: Prof. Luc Balant 1. Introduction and adoption of the agenda 2....
Brussels, 06 Nov 2002 The key factors behind the divide between Europe and a continent such as Africa is the lack of modern infrastructure, inefficient and weak regulations, and the lack of local...