Leader: The review is not just about cash
The chancellor's review of British science that will take place between now and the summer (page 2) will hear many pleas for money. But its success will be measured as much by the changes in attitude...
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Leader: Premium concerns
Those who prefer evidence to crystal ball-gazing in assessing the likely pattern of top-up fees in England should be keeping a close eye on events in Australia, where universities will be able to...
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Leader: The review is not just about cash
The chancellor's review of British science that will take place between now and the summer (page 2) will hear many pleas for money. But its success will be measured as much by the changes in attitude...
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Leader: Premium concerns
Those who prefer evidence to crystal ball-gazing in assessing the likely pattern of top-up fees in England should be keeping a close eye on events in Australia, where universities will be able to...
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AUT early birds were out in force 1
I must protest at your coverage of last week's joint action by the Association of University Teachers and the National Union of Students over pay and variable top-up fees respectively ("I think they'...
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AUT early birds were out in force 2
For those of us who have long admired your Whistleblower reports on the "lower depths" of academia, the account of AUT picketing betrayed a lack of awareness of how universities function. The Billy...
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Accountability a must
Sir Richard Doll has always been a heroic figure, prepared to lead from the front even when the going is tough ("Top cancer expert, 91: 'I'll go to jail for science'", February ). Such courage and...
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A wake-up call?
Russell Foster ("The clock ticks as life follows its own rhythms", February ) raises important questions. If we are awake 22 hours out of 24, will we live proportionately shorter lives? Might we die...
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An exclusive market
PA Consulting Group's survey of vice-chancellors shows that top-up fees will neither address universities' funding shortfall nor stop some vice-chancellors from focusing on balance sheets at the...
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Apel at core of access 1
Learning from experience may earn students academic credit but no institution awards credit for experience alone ("Credits for prior learning face curb", February ). The word "curb" suggests...
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Apel at core of access 2
Some may mock a parody of accreditation of Apel, I do not. The jocular comments attributed to me require me to spell out the "joke". My 2000 report confirmed that institutional procedures are...
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More miss than hit
"Scientists would need at least six years' notice to prevent a small asteroid from smashing into the Earth using existing technology" (News, February ). Not to worry, asteroids don't have existing...
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Gender not the issue
It is June Purvis (Letters, February ) who misses the point. There may be incipient sexism associated with some Royal Society members' response to the candidature of women ("RS seeks to calm row over...
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A caring profession
I wish we could add a fourth category for promotion - student care - to the triumvirate of teaching, research and administration ("Two out of three is just not enough", February ). In most...
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For nearer, for farther
The separation between W. Tobin in New Zealand and his wife in France is not the farthest (Letters, February ). For the first 18 months of marriage, I visited my wife at Otago University, New Zealand...