Healthy minds . . .
It seems that the United Kingdom is to get a Human Genetics Commission or something close to it. There are already many public and private organisations concerned with human genetics, but the sheer...
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First wash your hands
British academics are novices when it comes to rattling the tin at the door of big business, while Americans think nothing of pocketing seven-figure cheques. Last year, Harvard received a single...
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Methinks they protest too much
There is ill-disguised contempt within the higher education establishment for the to-ings and fro-ings which are supposed to have added up to a Government policy on higher education in recent years....
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Doctoral thesis
I share the concerns expressed in the article "Job cuts to mean worse doctors" (THES, April 26). But why are so many medical schools opting for a curriculum based on problem-based learning ? This is...
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Brand in firing line
Being one of the few people unfortunate enough to have read The g Factor by Chris Brand (THES, April 19 and April 26), I am fully in favour of its withdrawal. This is simply one of the worst books on...
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Brand in firing line
We condemn the discredited and inflammatory views expressed by Edinburgh University psychologist Christopher Brand which claim authoritatively to degrade black people and women. Would there be such "...
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Brand in firing line
I write in protest against the decision of John Wiley & Sons to withdraw The g Factor from publication. The book may contain statements about the relations between race (whatever that is) and...
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Brand in firing line
H. J. Eysenck ends his defence of the publication of The g Factor by quoting Voltaire's famous statement on the subject of free speech. This statement was not made by Voltaire but was invented more...
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Safeguarding science's foundations
The report of the National Academies Policy Advisory Group on the research capability of the university system (THES, April 19), argues for greater selectivity of research funding. It also recommends...
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Safeguarding science's foundations
The recommendations about science research funding in universities from the NAPAG are worrying. Clearly, there is a worsening problem of funding science research in universities and, if the current...
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Safeguarding science's foundations
The NAPAG report claims to be concerned with protecting internationally competitive science and supporting the best research fully. It suggests that one way of doing this is to stop funding 2-rated...
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Safeguarding science's foundations
Tony Trinci (THES, April 19) has summarised the problems of the academic science base in no uncertain manner. The system is designed to dissipate almost every act of creativity and innovation. Small...
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Welsh wheeze in funding
The feature on Welsh higher education (THES, April 26) misses one development that is not a model for higher education elsewhere and should be of serious concern: output funding of part-time modules...
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A national measure for minds
Should higher education have a national curriculum? Anthony Woollard it should.. In at least half the courses for a degree we need a core curriculum and national examinations." You might expect such...
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A national measure for minds
The debate about teaching, learning and assessment in higher education sometimes seems a long way from what matters most - the individual student's overall intellectual and personal experience of...