Whitehead queried
The article by Alan Whitehead, a former staff member at Southampton Institute (THES, July 4), contains several points which are not correct and which reflect adversely on Southampton Institute. It...
The article by Alan Whitehead, a former staff member at Southampton Institute (THES, July 4), contains several points which are not correct and which reflect adversely on Southampton Institute. It...
Does anyone know of any seat of higher or further education that uses wholeheartedly the practices that it teaches on its human resources or business courses and is hence well-managed with an...
I am an Englishman living in England and I do not speak a word of Welsh. None the less, I was appalled by the attack on the Welsh language by Christie Davies (THES, July 4). In his opinion "learning...
ALTHOUGH I agree with most of the points made by Christie Davies as regards the Welsh language, 1 feel I must take issue with one particular statement. While the assertion "there are no jobs for...
Anthony Everitt's confused opinions ("Personal View", THESJune 20) as to what it might be that constitutes research and its effects, does not encourage support for the real purpose of his article. I...
Despite its sometimes patronising tone, it was good to see Jennifer Wallace's article (THES, July 4) on the emerging environmentalist literary and cultural criticism. But in concentrating so much on...
May I correct two errors of transmission between myself and Lucy Hodges (THES, July 4)? I did not say that half our fellows are women. That will not be true for many years. But recent tutorial...
When Sir Tim Lankester (Letters, June ) states that moving administration of the loan scheme to the private sector would provide "possibilities of achieving improved efficiencies in operating the...
Any proposal to solve the funding crisis by making students pay for their maintenance and tuition fees will run into opposition from millions of parents who want their families to have access to the...
Monday Touchdown St John's Newfoundland at 3am after delayed flight from Toronto. Canada's first offshore oil platform, the Hibernia, is about to go on station 200 miles out in the middle of Iceberg...
WHENTHE subject of unemployment comes up in universities, it is usually related to an academic study or the job prospects of academics. However, two significant developments - the Employment Chapter...
This week's First Impressions, the competition in which you have to identify a book from its opening line, comes from a journalist fascinated by Copernicus: "We can add to our knowledge, but we...
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