Family cure for sick man of Europe
A university which relies on government sources for less than 10 per cent of its funding is something of a novelty in Europe. To find one in Turkey comes as a surprise. There are parallels between...
Search
-
-
Yeltsin stops OU station broadcast
Russia's version of the Open University will screen its last education programmes this week following a decree by President Boris Yeltsin to hand over its broadcasting frequency to a popular pro-...
-
Lack of safety in numbers
Next month the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development will publish the latest edition of Education At A Glance: OECD Indicators. It will shed new light on United Kingdom education...
-
Fat cat factor fuels unrest in the ranks
Today the results of ballots on industrial action by campus unions will be known. Given the mood in higher education, agreement to action must be likely. Staff and students are profoundly...
-
The value of free thinkers
THIS week sees three government attempts to assert government control of universities. Legislation is before the lower house of the Irish parliament on university governance (page 52). In Britain,...
-
Clinton's vice
The election of a Democrat president with a Republican Congress is good news for American scientists but does not mean the funding squeeze will ease up, argues Albert Teich. Bill Clinton's victory...
-
Marxism is not dead
John Ashworth and Helena Cronin (THES, October 18) assert that so called "Marxist political systems" across the world have been repudiated following the dissolution of the USSR and that, along with...
-
Are students a therapists' gravy train?
When I read Jennie Bristow's article (THES, October 18) I felt no immediate need to respond as I thought that Laurie Taylor was foxing us by moving his column from the back page. I obviously confused...
-
Are students a therapists' gravy train?
Lecturers Laura Spira and Mark Griffiths argue that students face unprecedented stresses and financial hardship today. Both disparage Jennie Bristow's suggestion that if she can handle student life,...
-
Are students a therapists' gravy train?
As students we are continually told that demand for counselling services is increasing, stress levels are high and "surviving" college life today is far harder than ever before. It is true that...
-
Relations with poor
Sir Ron Dearing's idea to "enthuse the poor" (THES, October 25) has its origins earlier than the Robbins report. In 1884 the Rev Samuel Barnett opened Toynbee Hall in the Commercial Road, Whitechapel...
-
Relations with poor
Sir Ron may not be aware that some of us in have been working on council estates and in inner-city areas for many years. His appeal for units on "working-class estates" is timely, however, since many...
-
School of thought
There is much food for thought in Michael Barber's proposals for reforming initial teacher training (THES, October 25). Though perhaps it is too strong to say that "initial teacher training is in a...
-
Hungary for truth
Your story about our research on the fate of Hungarian intellectuals who came to Britain after 1956 (THES, November 1) compressed part of a conversation to give an incorrect impression. The story...
-
Sony's lab looks for artistic mix
Japan's electronic giant Sony has sited a basic research laboratory in the Latin Quarter of Paris because it believes that "in the 21st century, scientific technologies need to co-exist with cultural...