Joint attack on chaos
Liverpool is not the UK's leading university in complexity research ("World will not bow to our control", THES , January 16) and is, in some respects, the new kid on the block. In 2001, the Open...
Liverpool is not the UK's leading university in complexity research ("World will not bow to our control", THES , January 16) and is, in some respects, the new kid on the block. In 2001, the Open...
Oxbridge admissions procedures must be reformed ("Cambridge ponders taping of interviews as more parents complain", THES , January 16). Applicants should be under no obligation to answer any...
Is Alan Ryan the fictional lovechild of Laurie Taylor and Ricky Gervais (Opinion, THES , January 23)? Or is he just a don from another planet? Reading that Ryan, if real, is riled by notions of...
Sherpa is not an "online search engine that provides free access to... research papers" as you state ("Archive site takes off", THES , January 16) but is setting up institutional archives of open-...
Lecturers' union Natfhe rightly questions the duplication at the head of the merged London Metropolitan University (News in brief, THES , January 23). Will Roderick Floud, formerly of Guildhall...
How does the value of foundation degrees (Opinion, THES , January 16) compare with the equivalent BTec higher certificates available in many local further education colleges? These courses do not...
With The Times now available in tabloid format, should The THES be considering a broadsheet edition? Gordon Joly London E14
Is western political correctness in danger of turning human rights into yet another instrument of power? It's time to stand up for what we believe, argues Slavoj Žižek. Critiques of the notion of...
Frank Furedi takes a Savage's-eye view of staff development. Increasingly, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World provides the script for the ambitious university manager. Communication is framed by...
... his hands may be more revealing. Psychologist Geoffrey Beattie discusses how Big Brother offers unique insights into the way non-verbal behaviour can betray hidden thoughts The reality TV show...
Stephen Phillips reports on sinister US student feedback websites In November, ten University of Texas lecturers found themselves on a "Professor Watch List". Academic blacklists are not unheard of...
Chris Bunting looks at ethical issues arising from institutional investments If you see a chain smoker coughing their lungs out on the street, rub your hands in glee. If you read a newspaper report...
Is western political correctness in danger of turning human rights into yet another instrument of power? It's time to stand up for what we believe, argues Slavoj Žižek. Critiques of the notion of...
Frank Furedi takes a Savage's-eye view of staff development. Increasingly, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World provides the script for the ambitious university manager. Communication is framed by...
... his hands may be more revealing. Psychologist Geoffrey Beattie discusses how Big Brother offers unique insights into the way non-verbal behaviour can betray hidden thoughts The reality TV show...