US grass no greener
Colin Bundy sees wistful glances being cast by the Government across the Atlantic to US universities with their large endowments, major research capacity and higher salaries (Soapbox, July 9). He is...
Colin Bundy sees wistful glances being cast by the Government across the Atlantic to US universities with their large endowments, major research capacity and higher salaries (Soapbox, July 9). He is...
How easy it is for Michael Mann in Los Angeles to pronounce that fascism is dead and has been so since the end of the Second World War (Features, July 9). The logic of his message is that we should...
Mike Reddy's assertion that direct instruction in what plagiarism is will reduce the incidence of the offence (Why I... July 9) in no way reflects my own experience. Middlesex University has included...
If students are allowed to get away with plagiarism (Letters, July 16) they may end up producing dodgy dossiers with unattributed sections lifted from old PhD theses to justify going to war. Geoff...
Alan Clements' article highlights examples of the "boorishness, indifference, arrogance and laziness" where a culture of "coolness" prevails within the student body (Professional, July 16). As a "non...
Either the research assessment exercise is an objective assessment of research excellence, and so there can be no inherent sex bias ("Sex bias limits women in RAE", July 16). Or it is a fraudulent...
Pat Rattigan's argument (Letters, July 16) would not pass muster in a sixth-form debate. What is he saying, that vivisection research has resulted in a reduction in human health? Take any developing...
I'm a literature student not a medic, but it is obvious to me that it is Pat Rattigan who is living in a "fantasy world". If he hates modern medicine so much, then he is free to refuse to be treated...
The subheading of Jeffrey Meyers' review of Peter Parker's biography of Christopher Isherwood (Books, July 16) describes him as "a sordid homosexual with 400 lovers". To conjoin "sordid" and "...
I am, of course, sorry to hear that Ayako Yoshino feels that some universities and individuals are not sufficiently sensitive to "foreign" students and their countries of origin. I am surprised,...
Having spent 25 years working with international students, I was interested to read Ayako YoshinoÕs article. But I wish that she had done her research before making the statements about academic...
Is dyslexia being used as a convenient excuse by lazy students who want to gain access to extra exam time and one-to-one tuition? The experts are divided. Chris Bunting reports. Peter Shaw has...
The Butler report has thrown up concerns about the state of British democracy. Huw Richards investigates as part of our series on democracies around the world. "It took me a long time to understand...
As Prospect magazine publishes its list of the UK's greatest public intellectuals, Sean Coughlan asks why we are so obsessed with the top 100 of just about everything. What's the latest top 100 list...
Ray Tallis holds a chair in geriatric medicine and a fascination for philosophy. Geoff Watts meets a man of many talents. From the titles alone of his past half-dozen books you would know that Ray...