Gender not the issue
It is June Purvis (Letters, February ) who misses the point. There may be incipient sexism associated with some Royal Society members' response to the candidature of women ("RS seeks to calm row over...
It is June Purvis (Letters, February ) who misses the point. There may be incipient sexism associated with some Royal Society members' response to the candidature of women ("RS seeks to calm row over...
I wish we could add a fourth category for promotion - student care - to the triumvirate of teaching, research and administration ("Two out of three is just not enough", February ). In most...
The separation between W. Tobin in New Zealand and his wife in France is not the farthest (Letters, February ). For the first 18 months of marriage, I visited my wife at Otago University, New Zealand...
Fiona Kisby may find the University of Hertfordshire's campaign indicative of the intellectual standards of our time, (Letters, February ) but we commend young people for their willingness to embrace...
Gill Evans says that Alison Richard does not have a professorship (The Diary, February ). For the record, the vice-chancellor of Cambridge is professor emeritus of the human environment and professor...
Holly Smith's metaphor comparing students to babies says more of her attitude to students than of their abilities to learn ("Play with your food so long as you eat it", February ). Students, unlike...
The feature on alumni giving ("Calling the old boys' network, February ) highlighted graduate Paul Ramsay, who "initially pledged $1,000 (£535,000) [sic], but after numerous telephone conversations...
Globalisation - so stop protesting and learn to love it, argues Jagdish Bhagwati. With all the noise made by vast numbers of anti-globalisers, most politicians may be forgiven for thinking that this...
Some dream of the Nobel, some the letters FRS, but for those who really want to cut a dash in science only one award counts - an Ig Nobel. Geoff Watts surveys a cultural phenomenon. Hallelujah! You'...
A boyhood fascination with the natural world sparked Richard Fortey's interest in the geologies that have shaped human development. Harriet Swain meets a hands-on adventurer. Richard Fortey leads the...
ÌÇÐÄVlog was Windsor Castle, school was Eton and Freya Stark was his godmother, so how did Malise Ruthven get his fascination with Islam and fundamentalism? Anthony Freeman finds out No religion...
Globalisation - so stop protesting and learn to love it, argues Jagdish Bhagwati. With all the noise made by vast numbers of anti-globalisers, most politicians may be forgiven for thinking that this...
Some dream of the Nobel, some the letters FRS, but for those who really want to cut a dash in science only one award counts - an Ig Nobel. Geoff Watts surveys a cultural phenomenon. Hallelujah! You'...
A boyhood fascination with the natural world sparked Richard Fortey's interest in the geologies that have shaped human development. Harriet Swain meets a hands-on adventurer. Richard Fortey leads the...
ÌÇÐÄVlog was Windsor Castle, school was Eton and Freya Stark was his godmother, so how did Malise Ruthven get his fascination with Islam and fundamentalism? Anthony Freeman finds out No religion...