Grant chance for equal education
T his week the House of Lords amended the Teaching and Higher Education Bill to retain maintenance grants. This means the bill is now more or less in line with the recommendations of the Dearing...
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Cry, the beloved countryside
Academics were probably not over-represented among the rural enthusiasts who gathered in London last weekend to complain about the plight of the countryside. But the protesters, making the most of...
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Lots of questions but too few answers
The shadow secretary for education and the Lib Dem spokesman on education respond to the green paper The Government publication of its green paper The Learning Age reminded me of the 1970s reggae hit...
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Dress code under fire
Thousands of Turkish students have demonstrated against restrictions on Islamic dress enforced by Istanbul University. Protests continued this week despite a climbdown by Kemal Alemdaroglu, the...
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A rightful backlash
CONSIDERING that he has taken the trouble of writing a book on the subject, I was quite surprised by Stephen Howe's misunderstanding of the nature of Afrocentrism (THES, February ). Even its most...
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On top of cancer
IT WAS interesting to read (THES, February 13) of the call by MP Ian Gibson for the creation of a US-style national cancer institute. However, it was surprising not to see reference to the UK...
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Clocking up the years
Your back-page picture caption (THES, February 20) said "there are no clock restoration courses in south England". This overlooks the well-established course at West Dean College. Taking six students...
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Appointments
Standing Conference of Principals John Cater, director and chief executive of Edge Hill University College, has been elected vice-chairman of SCOP for 1998-99. University of Wolverhampton Jean...
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Conflicting interests
IT WAS with great disappointment that we discovered from Hansard that Douglas Trainer, the national president of the National Union of Students, had written to the Liberal Democrats asking them to...
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Missing billions
John Edmonds, general secretary of the GMB union, has said that leaving training to voluntary efforts by employers does not work: "some companies train, the vast majority poach". Education secretary...
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Libraries for OU medics
I was interested to read "OU revolution for doctor training" (THES, February 6). The idea of medical students doing the clinical part of their course at district general hospitals and GP practices is...
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Appoint of principal
CONTRARY to what was stated (THES, February 20), I did not appoint my wife to the post of vice-principal. The board makes appointments at that level. She was also not promoted. Ms Hay holds the same...
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Tailor loans to cover all study costs
Correspondents argued last week that higher education should be free ("Professors call for fee and grant rethink"). We agree completely that higher education should be free at the point of use....
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Ministries divide and rule
THE symbolic importance of Santiago de Compostela's central square is often commented on. Around the square there is the university, which recently celebrated its 500th anniversary, the cathedral...
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Title holders fight changes
University colleges have warned that they may be forced to close degree courses if the government pursues plans to make them change their names. They said that proposed strict rules on the use of the...