Chairs make a class act
In the news story “Plymouth defends ‘£150K spend on seven chairs’ ” (timeshighereducation.co.uk, 20 September), David Coslett, Plymouth University’s deputy vice-chancellor, argues that new...
In the news story “Plymouth defends ‘£150K spend on seven chairs’ ” (timeshighereducation.co.uk, 20 September), David Coslett, Plymouth University’s deputy vice-chancellor, argues that new...
I have the greatest respect for my colleague Dame Ann Dowling, but I wonder if industry is being entirely straight with her when it claims to need double the current number of graduate engineers (“...
Your report in The Week in Higher Education (28 August) on the student turned professional footballer and the possibility of his prize-winning essay being published (“surely the first academic...
Perhaps Greek universities should be wary of removing their “eternals” (News, 4 September). Was it not the Eternals who enabled the Greeks to defeat their Persian counterparts, the Immortals, at the...
I enjoyed Dale Salwak’s feature “Make a class a haven” (18 September). How innovative to create a space without the distractions of talking, groupwork and computers, and with bare walls and soft...


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