Historical heresy
Medieval heresy was often depicted as a disease, albeit not a virus ("Get medieval with al-Qaida", THES , June 13). Inquisitors saw their activities as cutting off poisoned limbs. However, the effect...
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Cavalier attitude
Your Whistleblowers report about alleged academic corruption in the journalism department at Liverpool John Moores University ( THES , June 6) was based largely on documents I submitted to an...
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Too early to budget
Your report "Health academics fear NHSU will grab slice of research pie" ( THES , June 13) on the National Health Service University's possible involvement in research was inaccurate in one key...
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Taxi test online
Your diary entry "Taxiing on the internet" ( THES , June 13) claims that I think aspirant London cabbies can "learn" routes online when what I advocate is online testing. The syllabus for London's...
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Wanted: dead and alive
The shortage of cadavers is a concern for anatomy teaching's future but so is the potential shortage of anatomists ("Why low body count is fatal for anatomy", THES , June 6). As anatomical research...
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Calculated belief
Keele University managers' defence of the Owengate financial restructuring deal ("Keele denies cash 'wheeze' costs", THES , June 6) illustrates our difficulties. Pro vice-chancellor Tony Dugdale...
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Bridges to bodies
If the spectator of Yerma's Eggs feels alienated or confused, as suggested in your feature " In vitro veritas " (THES, June 13), perhaps this is the intention of the theatre production and a strength...
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OU is affordable
Two comments in Richard Jenkins' review of our introductory sociology coursebooks (Books, THES , June 6) may mislead readers. The Open University preserves "levels of student-centredness that are...
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Politic policy
Your article "Is it right to refuse to teach a racist?" ( THES , June 6) began with a description of a lecture at Salford University that is inaccurate. The first-year lecture on contemporary...
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Patentability of computerised inventions
Brussels, 18 Jun 2003 The Legal Affairs Committee gave strong backing on Tuesday to proposed EU-wide rules for the patentability of computer-implemented inventions. The committee's first-reading...
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First Mars, then Venus!
Paris, 18 Jun 2003 Fifteen days after the launch of Mars Express, Europe has reaffirmed its trust in Soyuz: next stop Venus in 2005! Just two weeks after the flawless launch of Mars Express on its...
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Space tech keeps Pescarolo on track at Le Mans
Paris, 18 Jun 2003 Pescarolo Sport's use of ESA technology in their two racing cars shaved crucial seconds off every lap at last weekend's Le Mans marathon 24-hour race, helping to place them into...
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WTO case on GMOs
Brussels, 18 Jun 2003 GENERAL LINE The EU dismisses the decision to take the GMO issue to WTO dispute settlement as legally misguided, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful. The treatment...
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Call for Proposals - EU Institute in Japan - Terms of Reference
Tokyo, 18 Jun 2003 1. Background Following the EU-Japan joint declaration of 1991, relations between the EU and Japan have been developed on the basis of reinforcing links across the whole spectrum...
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Today's papers
Research fund plans ‘threaten 8,000 jobs’ University lecturers and learned societies made stinging attacks yesterday on the government’s plan to concentrate research funding on elite institutions. An...