Accounting entries
Your report "Into the big time with big bucks" (THES, September 12) wrongly attributes to the Institute of Chartered Accountants a preference for non-accountancy graduates when it comes to training...
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Don's Diary
Monday Go to Manhattan. Not large famous Manhattan but small, unknown Manhattan in Kansas. It is the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the wind erosion research unit of the United States...
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No need for title
Ray Monk's review article about Thomas Nagel (THES, September 26) was a model of clarity, exhibiting the virtues of analytical philosophy which he rightly seeks to preserve: rigour, precision and...
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Heavy loss at SSEES
Seven full-time academic staff in the University of London, all with unimpeachable scholarly credentials in the study of eastern Europe and Russia, are being threatened with "voluntary", ie...
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Halfpenny's worth
In your coverage of our survey of the state of teaching equipment (THES, September 26), you gave the impression that the report was solely produced by PREST. In fact it was an equal collaborative...
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Messages from the Dearing debate
I have been an advocate for the provision of a continuous curriculum post-16 for some time. If we are genuinely committed to improving access we must avoid unnecessary barriers to progression. As...
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Messages from the Dearing debate
Roger Brown (THES letters, September 12) argues for the need for collaboration between the various higher education sector bodies involved in the Dearing report's proposed Institute for Teaching and...
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Messages from the Dearing debate
The letter from John Beckett (September 26) commenting on the article which included my remarks on higher education as a useful screening process for employers was headed "All his own words". I now...
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Messages from the Dearing debate
You chide Scottish academics for their "naivete" (THES Editorial, September 26) because we call for additional funding from the Scottish Parliament without saying, as Lindsay Paterson put it, "...
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Messages from the Dearing debate
Diana Warwick once again repeats the ethical argument seemingly swallowed hook, line and sinker by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals that "It is only fair that those who benefit from a...
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Met. Office and Piers
We read the recent article by Lucy Hodges on our competitor Piers Corbyn (above) with interest. However we were disappointed to read the standfirst/picture caption that accompanied the item - that...
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Truth behind campus news
PART of my job is to keep up with what is happening to staff on campuses in London and southern England. Every month I read a dozen or more university newsletters. I have become something of a...
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Labour allies with intellect
AFTER a generation of defeat and retreat, American labour is fighting back. Remembering a time when industrial and cultural workers marched together, labour's leadership has invited intellectuals,...
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Slinky proteins
(Photograph) - An exhibition at the University of Nottingham Arts Centre called "Molecules are life and art" aims "to show the link between molecules and everyday life", says its curator Cristina De...
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Climate outlook bleak, says report
A BLEAK outlook for the world's climate and ecology, with sea levels rising by an average of 50 centimetres over the next 100 years and many species under threat, is predicted by a government report...