European first
The Instituto de Empresa in Spain has become Europe's first management school to introduce a complete degree in e-business. The course, oversubscribed more than eight times, is already one of the...
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Best foot forward
(Photograph) - Best foot forward: as old business models buckle under the onslaught of a commerce, lecturers at Hull Business School are developing a course to help students develop ways of tackling...
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Foreign trade tips
Overseas recruitment succeeds mainly on she strength of British education's reputation and she British Councils corporate role. Is has little to do wish individual institutions' overall efforts "...
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Foreign trade tips
British universities have so deal wish a higher exchange rate, higher standards of entry and a slower central admissions system for undergraduates compared with their competitor countries. They have...
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Ability is logical entry password
I hold no brief for anyone who selects students on grounds of social or ethnic background. but is it so unreasonable that ability should be a prime criterion for entry so higher education ('Class-...
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The wrong Bath
Darren King did not study creative writing at Bath University but at Bath Spa University College ("The agent's view", Student Matters, THES, March 31). His novel, Boxy An Star, which was shortlisted...
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No, not Natfhe's
Although lecturers' union Natfhe's finances are much improved in recent years, we cannot claim to have financed Birzeit University's food safety unit as the Monday entry in Don's Diary (THES, April 7...
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Retired get into gear
Many retired academics will agree with the results and suggestions of the survey undertaken by Barbara Tizard ("When are retired academics not?", THES, March 24). Among the retirement shocks for the...
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War of ideas
We are in the middle of a dramatic change in the competitive landscape for universities and colleges ("US colleges tap corporate field", THES, March 31). The survey of US corporate universities...
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Research alarm bells
Alarm bells have been ringing for some time about the government's attitude to social science research ("Pounds 1m says our policy is right", THES, April 7). Running through education secretary David...
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Research alarm bells
The Economic and Social Research Council does not spend Pounds 42 million on its programmes as you report - that is the total research budget. The correct figure is Pounds 13 million. We have 25 live...
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Research alarm bells
The letter by Ron Amann of the Cabinet Office (April 7) did not address the substance of THES reports on the manipulation of research by government departments. From this, it seems clear that the...
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Why I ... feel entirely vindicated by the outcome of David Irving's libel case
This week David Irving lost his libel action against Deborah Lipstadt and her publisher Penguin Books. He had sued over claims in Lipstadt's book, Denying the Holocaust, that he was a "Hitler...
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Richer than you thought
Andrew Oswald bets you didn't know you could retire on two-thirds of your salary instead of half. Would you like to retire on two-thirds of your salary or just half? It is a tough one. If you are...
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Would you choose your job again?
One in two lecturers is in poor psychological health, according to a survey by Gail Kinman. Traditionally, being an academic was considered a highly satisfying and relatively stress-free job....