Cupitt's measure
Gerard Kelly meets priest-philosopher Don Cupitt, a radical who discomforts the faithful. Don Cupitt, priest and philosopher of religion at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, is not complimentary about the...
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Mothers of reinvention
We live in a world characterised by rapid change. We all know that. One response is to recognise that learning has to form an integral part of our lives if we wish to avoid being shipped on to the...
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Don's Diary
THURSDAY. "Bore Da. Bwrdd Yr Iaith Gymraeg. Welsh Language Board." Even though I have heard these words on several occasions, I am taken aback since it is unusual to hear anything other than English...
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Researchers with contract to fulfill
Universities and colleges are now legally obliged to consult both recognised unions and the individual employees concerned over every redundancy, even if it is the normal termination of a fixed-term...
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Ideas behind the launch of morale-saving scientists
In your "News in Brief" item (THES, June 16) you state that the Labour Party has launched an initiative - Scientists for Labour (SfL). This is not an entirely accurate description of the genesis of...
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Correct English
I write to correct a factual error in Claire Sanders' article, "Funders act on English report" (THES, June 16). The English Association, although it has a large individual membership in schools and...
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Bishop's biology
Professor Ingold appears to have missed the logic of his argument that Darwin was not a "Darwinist" and in consequence repeats the error that Bishop Wilberforce put forward a case based solely on...
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Lese we forget
Your headline last week, "Southampton bids for university status", is a clear case of lese-majeste. On April 29 1952 Her Majesty The Queen granted a charter, and Article 1 of this charter states: "...
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Languages of common-sense
Nick Tate (THES, May 19) and Richard Gaskin (THES letters, June 16) call for more Latin in schools. Richard Gaskin offers the best reason for learning Latin, which is to produce scholars capable of...
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Exams with a ten-minute rule
Gavin Fairbairn questions whether dyslexic students should be admitted to primary teacher training courses. Twice recently I have invigilated exams in which one or more students have been allocated...
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Tape measure
Regarding John Wakeford's suggestion that PhD students should tape their supervisions (THES, June 16), I have for many years been advising my students to do this. Not so that they could accumulate...
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Acting in Unison
I was surprised that Patricia Santinelli's article "Unions signal summer of disputes as employers look again at pay offer" (THES, June 16) referred only to lecturing staff. Completely absent was the...
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No sex please, we're tutors
Staff-student sexual relationships are potentially damaging and should be discouraged, argues Brenda Billinghurst. Jennie Bristow, a student at Sussex University, regretted the view that sexual...
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Appraisal imposed on Australians
A national inquiry into academic appraisal has recommended that all Australian universities be required to implement schemes so that staff are subject to regular reviews of their performance. The...
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California dream of fight for rights
Young volunteers from all over America - many of them students - are flocking to California this summer to fight ballot initiatives against immigrant rights and affirmative action which they regard...