What are universities for? The question at the heart of the academic mission has been given added urgency by education secretary Charles Clarke. Ben Okri, novelist and poet, says higher education is...
What are universities for? The question at the heart of the academic mission has been given added urgency by education secretary Charles Clarke. Gordon Graham, professor of philosophy at Aberdeen...
To comprehend the lives of the early humans who laid the foundations of civilisations, Steven Mithen sent a fictional observer to visit them Late one afternoon last October, I climbed a hill in...
To accuse new universities of "bureaucratic practice" as Frank Furedi does ("Why I believe new universities mean lower academic standards", THES , June 13) and to suggest that this has contributed to...
Frank Furedi's anxiety that "whenever politicians decide to expand the definition of a university, the quality of academic education deteriorates" is reminiscent of the alarm of propertied men about...
Sir Derek Roberts' narrow view on improving London's poor innovation record ("Narrow focus key to London innovation", THES , June 13) does the capital no favours. Ignoring the potential of...
Sir Richard Sykes' consistent position that there should be no more than five research-intensive universities ("Teaching-focused 'not worthy' of university title", THES , June 6) is to be admired...
Medieval heresy was often depicted as a disease, albeit not a virus ("Get medieval with al-Qaida", THES , June 13). Inquisitors saw their activities as cutting off poisoned limbs. However, the effect...
Your Whistleblowers report about alleged academic corruption in the journalism department at Liverpool John Moores University ( THES , June 6) was based largely on documents I submitted to an...
Your report "Health academics fear NHSU will grab slice of research pie" ( THES , June 13) on the National Health Service University's possible involvement in research was inaccurate in one key...
Your diary entry "Taxiing on the internet" ( THES , June 13) claims that I think aspirant London cabbies can "learn" routes online when what I advocate is online testing. The syllabus for London's...
The shortage of cadavers is a concern for anatomy teaching's future but so is the potential shortage of anatomists ("Why low body count is fatal for anatomy", THES , June 6). As anatomical research...
Keele University managers' defence of the Owengate financial restructuring deal ("Keele denies cash 'wheeze' costs", THES , June 6) illustrates our difficulties. Pro vice-chancellor Tony Dugdale...
If the spectator of Yerma's Eggs feels alienated or confused, as suggested in your feature " In vitro veritas " (THES, June 13), perhaps this is the intention of the theatre production and a strength...
Two comments in Richard Jenkins' review of our introductory sociology coursebooks (Books, THES , June 6) may mislead readers. The Open University preserves "levels of student-centredness that are...