Letter: Chutzpah and the RAE 2
Lapping, Odgers and Quintock neglect a deeper flaw in the citation index method for the RAE than "gratuitous citing", namely PABHEPITRY (publish absolute bollocks hoping everyone piles in to rubbish...
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Letter: The Cambridge train 1
Malcolm Grant writes admiringly of universities that place a premium on central leadership and that have central control over resources, but as a pro vice-chancellor he would, wouldn't he ("The world...
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Letter: The Cambridge train 2
I could not agree more with Malcolm Grant on the opportunities for Cambridge with 21st-century governance. During six years on the University of Surrey council, I saw the lay members bring real-world...
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Letter: Linguistic Enronitis
David Adger (Letters, THES , March 1) makes generative linguistics sound as productive and innocuous as a job at Enron. To split psychology and sociology of language may suit academic divisions of...
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Leader: Be brave, it's time to resist foody friends
Monday's seminar on food, at the Royal Institution, coming at the end of National Science Week, provides an opportunity both for discussion of the food we eat and the power of global companies to...
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Leader: The US has more robust ways of fighting fund cuts
They are playing hard ball in Wisconsin. The state university system has voted to suspend undergraduate admissions to its 26 campuses in response to a cut of $51 million (£36.2 million) in its state...
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Dirty shots in the dark
Unsterile injections, which may have led to the emergence of Aids, show the risks of using new, poorly understood technologies inmedicine, argues Ernest Drucker. Darwin taught us that although...
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Healthy diet? Eat your words
Marion Nestle and Chris Bunting open a four-page special on food and the future with a look at the power of the US and UK food industries. Each week, the average Briton gulps down about two litres of...
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Profit drive requires force feeding the fat
Marion Nestle and Chris Bunting open a four-page special on food and the future with a look at the power of the US and UK food industries. In my 25 years as a nutrition educator in the United States...
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Give nourishment to each person according to need
Functional food could solve the problems of starvation and obesity, says Robert Pickard. Human beings in the developed world no longer see food simply as fuel for life. Individuals look to food to...
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The paid adulterators everyone loves to hate
Food scientists, once considered altruists, are now seen as driven purely by commerce. They will regain public trust only by answering tough questions, says Tim Lang. The past 20 years have shocked...
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With a world to feed, can we afford to boycott GM?
Faced with diminishing natural resources and millions of people suffering from malnutrition, we must consider the use of GM foods to sustain the future, says Philip Dale. Last year genetically...
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Saffron spin on India's past
As sectarian violence flares up, Mohan Luthra and Kulbir Natt look at reactions to the plan of India's Hindu-backed ruling party to rewrite school history books with an emphasis on 'religious values...
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Universal line on gay rights must take in local twists
Gay rights campaigners must address the diverse mores of different cultural groups, argues Alan Sinfield. " When gays and lesbians are attacked, it's particularly viciousI They aren't just punched....
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And evil came to stay
The creative growth of the director of the Inuit film Atanarjuat mirrored the flowering of his native territory, Nunavut, writes Michael Bravo. Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner), the Inuit-made feature...