Mercenary system 1
Geoffrey Alderman freely admits to helping universities pull the wool over the eyes of inspectors through his "how to pass a teaching quality assessment" courses (Analysis, THES , August 9). He is...
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Mercenary system 2
The surge in applications to the Institute for Learning and Teaching was fuelled by experienced staff and owes a lot to the original and final deadlines for fast-track application ("Scramble to join...
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Respect for age 1
Universities should face up to age discrimination, not run away ("Age law adds to campus burdens", THES , August 2). Their credibility as centres of intellectual excellence depends on the recruitment...
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Respect for age 2
Dave Toke has the wrong impression (Letters, THES , August 9). The Equality Challenge Unit is totally against age discrimination, as I told The THES . That was not reported. My explanation of why...
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Misplaced attack
Those who rail at Israel might also recall that when the West Bank was invaded and occupied for 19 years by Jordan, Palestinians enjoyed scant academic freedom (Features, THES , July 26). Only after...
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Media exposure 1
I am amazed that universities are advertising on the Bigwideworld website ("Universities seek applicants on 'salacious' teen website", THES , August 9). Surely this invalidates their equal-...
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Media exposure 2
My own university is not represented on the "salacious" website Bigwideworld.com. However, when I clicked on the words "Aston University" I was directed to a "Blokes and Girls with Attitude" dating...
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EU acts against blocks on wireless technology
Brussels, 14 August 2002 The European Commission is putting pressure on five Member States that are holding up the introduction of a new wireless technology that could rival third generation (3G)...
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Your PC as a weather bureau?
Brussels, 14 August 2002 A massive project called Climateprediction.com aims to recruit the downtime of personal computers, when they are on but not being used, to run a weather model with a large...
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European Conference on the future of waste management
Brussels, 14 August 2002 The future of waste management in Europe is to be discussed at a European conference on the 7 and 8 October 2002 in Strasbourg, France. The event is an international platform...
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Today's news
College concern over A-level surge An unprecedented surge in performance at A level, with more than one in five entries obtaining top grades, sparked warnings from universities last night that the...
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The trouble with the weather
Paris, 14 August 2002 Last year was characterised by extremes of weather all over the globe, making it the second-hottest year on record, beaten only by 1988. This year is set to follow that pattern...
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'Most successful space mission' looking for one last discovery
Brussels, 14 August 2002 As the anniversary of their launch approaches, the two Voyager spacecrafts' last mission is to indicate to scientists where the edge of the solar system is. The two Voyager...
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Update: 12:20
Wellcome awards Dundee Biocentre £3.5m Dundee University's Wellcome Trust Biocentre, an international leader in biomedical research, has won a £3.5 million award from the Wellcome Trust. This will...
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Today's news
Blunder gives failed pupils pass rating Scotland’s examination system was thrown into turmoil for the second time in three years yesterday after Highers students were incorrectly awarded points...