E-psycho battles
Evolutionary psychology is all that Steven and Hilary Rose accuse it of - and more. Most damning is its Cartesian, naively "realist" epistemology. Hence not only its reductionism; its "property"...
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E-psycho battles
I am dumbfounded Steven Rose has put his name to such a polemical piece on evolutionary psychology. First, instead of quoting from a real proponent of EP, Rose puts forward his own definition: "EP...
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Reluctant recruiters
I was interested to read that universities are being urged to consider promoting higher education to younger pupils to widen participation ("Children need hard sell to go to college", THES, June 30...
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Empty seats for Serb
In his article on the plight of Yugoslav universities, Dejan Djokic ("An isolated academy is no good for democracy", THES, July 14) fails to mention that academics critical of the government have...
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Three in four gamble
The article on gambling ("Gambling rise a lottery legacy", THES, July 14) made no reference to the first national prevalence survey of gambling published a month ago. We recently commissioned the...
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Why I ...don't think Oxford needs a minaret
Alexander Murray. Tutor in medieval history University College Oxford University. I believe in beautiful Oxford, having lived there most of my life. When anyone decides that they want to build on top...
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Paying for the best
Higher pay for academics is part of Labour's effort to ensure world-class universities, says David Blunkett This week, I have announced that universities and colleges are to get an earmarked Pounds...
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Editorial injustice in the raw
Zachary Leader urges academics to oppose the restriction by copyright of John Clare's poetry Last July, an English lecturer from the University of Dundee edited a selection of the love poems of the...
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Union dismay over Pounds 50m 'sop'
Gordon Brown's promise of an additional Pounds 100 million for higher education could give universities their first real-terms increase in cash per student for more than a decade. The chancellor's...
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Red tape will cause red face
Red tape and bureaucracy cost universities Pounds 250 million a year, according to a report commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council, writes Phil Baty. A single subject review visit by...
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Graduate salaries increase
The average graduate starting salary is up 4 per cent to Pounds 18,330 this year, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters. The best-paid jobs are in legal services, where the median...
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Call for new body to monitor maths skills
Engineers have called on the government to establish a standing committee for mathematics after a report commissioned by the Engineering Council showed that many students lack the basic mathematical...
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Blackstone criticises teaching awards
(Photograph) - Britain's first university teaching awards have failed to represent the contributions made by academics from ethnic minorities, according to Baroness Blackstone, the minister for...
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Principal to leave Bretton Hall College
The principal of Bretton Hall College, which is under investigation for financial irregularities, is to leave his post next month. A spokesman for the college said that Gordon Bell had stepped down...
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Minaret will be added to dreaming spires
Oxford City Council has decided to go ahead with permission for a new Islamic studies centre with a 100ft tower and dome to be built on playing fields belonging to Magdalen College. The plan had...