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G. R. Berridge's labelling of the AUT as "the Association of Useless Tactics" (Letters, March 19) looked shaky even before publication of the employers' new offer. Now it is clear that the AUT tactic...
G. R. Berridge's labelling of the AUT as "the Association of Useless Tactics" (Letters, March 19) looked shaky even before publication of the employers' new offer. Now it is clear that the AUT tactic...
The decline in student numeracy and literacy ("Straight-A students show shaky grasp of the basics", March 26) suggests an alternative approach that the Association of University Teachers could take...
AUT communications have made it perfectly clear that the memorandum of understanding between it and employers will not lead to rises as high as 12 per cent for colleagues at the top of scales. Indeed...
Just to say that following your completely biased reporting of the lecturers' pay dispute, this department is now unwilling to continue its subscription to your anti-AUT Murdoch rag. Johnny...
The BBC's decision not to broadcast the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures is disappointing ("Lectures might be ghost of Xmas past", March 26). For many children, particularly those from...
When I was shortlisted to do the Christmas lectures, I was asked what sponsorship I had and how my lectures would fit into the national curriculum. Well, I wanted to enthuse children with the...
The Christmas lectures have suffered from media dumbing down. Whether this slump is led by the scientists or the producers is hard to discern. But Michael Faraday, who gave 19 lectures, had plenty to...
All four of the doctoral students The Times Higher is tracking ("My supervisor is great - but I can't get up in the morning", March 19) are women. Is this "girl power"? This confirms the point that...
I was taken aback by Susan Blackmore's unenthusiastic review of Max Velmans' How Could Conscious Experiences Affect Brains? (Books, March 26). In discussions about consciousness, there are doers who...
Vilayanur Ramachandran, renowned for his work on cognition and the brain, drew flak for using neuroscience to draft 'universal laws' of art. Anthony Freeman asked him if he had any regrets. One...
In his new book, Derek Attridge argues that a 'knot of three interwoven characteristics' lies at the core of western aesthetics. Robert Eaglestone tries to untangle this complex theory of literature...
With the prevention of obesity high on the government's agenda, Matthew Baker and Luqman Hayes ask what campuses can do to turn students on to healthy eating and sport. It can't be for nothing that...
Chemistry gives us the stuff of life - not least drugs, disposable nappies and chewing gum - but public suspicion threatens its future, John Emsley tells Geoff Watts. Type the phrase "chemical-free"...
As the Political Studies Association prepares for its annual meeting, David Baker and Philippa Sherrington dig through the records to explore the origins of Warwick's politics unit and discover a...
Brussels, 31 March 2004 Today the European Community and nine of its Member States deposited at the FAO their instruments of ratification of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...