Laurie Taylor
External examiners will face training and accreditation by a new national college - THES , July 19 . "Diploma in external examining" Answer all five questions. Select one answer from the alternatives...
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Leader: South Africa must confront the crisis on its doorstep
HIV/Aids hangs over southern Africa, threatening to cripple public services, undermine economic growth and - at worst projections - bring a return to life expectancy not experienced since the Stone...
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Leader: Let's have right reward whatever the subject
For researchers, the good news of last week's spending review continues with a new science strategy that provides a better structure for their work and a new clarity about who is paying for it. And...
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Correction
Angela Thomae is a senior lecturer in broadcast journalism at the Northern Media School, Sheffield Hallam University, not Sheffield University ( THES , July 19).
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Clinical cures aren't enough
Our continuing attack on pathogens is great, says John Sulston in the latest in our series of Big Science Questions, but wouldn't it be better if we just applied the expertise we've acquired so far...
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From lecture hall to LA Law
More academics are recognising that universities are no longer the only place to exercise the mind and make a difference. Stephen Phillips reports on those who moonlight and those who have quit the...
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Sun, sea and sand - and a sense of spectral danger...
The West's faith in open borders, which has laid the foundation for a boom in tourism, has been shaken by events such as 9/11, says Raoul Bianchi In a world of hyper-mobile capital, instantaneous...
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'A rocket in a university library...
...is more of a threat to academic freedom than a couple of lecturers being sacked from a small translation journal' A delegation of lecturers and students visiting the occupied territories has been...
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The last 'post'
Literary theory is dying, argues Stephen Logan. It is time for literary criticism to rediscover its traditions and to appreciate 'greatness' A colleague of mine in another university was recently...
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Why UK is going down the pan
To squat or sit, to flush or recycle, to accept top-down solutions or 'bottom-up' revolutions - toilet provision, or the lack of it, reveals a nation's soul, argues Clara Greed There is a great deal...
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'Rowing men of limited intellect'
Law is now the most popular subject studied at UK universities, but as Gary Slapper points out, it wasn't always held in high esteem... This year there were 76,617 applications to study law at...
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How public warmed to ice-age man
Tourists and scientists alike are fascinated by the 5,300-year-old preserved remains of an 'iceman' who may well have been killed. Paul Bompard reports A5,300-year-old mummy is fast becoming the Che...
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Classic mistake
The closure of the school of classics and ancient history at Queen's University, Belfast, will deny the Northern Irish the chance to study at home, which is important for those from poor backgrounds...
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Boycott the boycott
The Israeli public security minister ordered the reopening of the east Jerusalem offices of the president of Al-Quds University, Sari Nusseibeh, on July 22. Baruch Kimmerling and Irene Bruegel might...
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Visitor must be shown the door 1
Lord Irvine's visitorial decision on the complaint of Dennis Foster about Exeter University's failure to provide adequate PhD supervision (Whistleblowers, THES , July 12) is rightly criticised by...