Josef K is innocent
Bruce Christianson claims that in Kafka's novel The Trial Josef K "never once asks what the accusation against him actually is" (Letters, 19 February). Even the briefest of glances at the novel shows...
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SAS defends GM guide
Your article "Charity guide criticised for not declaring GM interests" (19 February) did not reflect the information provided by Sense About Science and the John Innes Centre in response to GM Watch'...
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No sense in school closure
The senior management board (SMB) at the University of Reading has recommended the closure of its School of Health and Social Care on the grounds that it is not viable ("Institutions draw up plans...
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Open plan clutters minds
The story on the evolution of academic work space into open-plan offices highlights the dangers of following corporate trends ("Office size shows who measures up", 12 February). The move from "...
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Do it yourself
Contrary to the assertion in your short piece on the subject ("The week in higher education", 19 February), I would have thought that there is nothing surprising about the fact that images of bikini-...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesBiologists boycott LouisianaA national organisation of scientists has cancelled plans to hold its annual convention in Louisiana and blacklisted the state until a law affecting the...
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Oz elite damn review as a 'road map to mediocrity'
Call for expansion would waste cash and mislead students, top institutions say. John Gill reports
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Students' sense of entitlement angers academics
Concern is building that US students have developed an unhealthy sense of "entitlement" to higher education.When ߣߣÊÓƵ columnist John H. Summers described his experiences as a...
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Get set for hell and high water
A report says climate change can't be stopped so we must focus on coping with it. Neha Popat reports
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Grant winners
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILThe ESRC has announced £16.5 million of funding over five years for three research centres focusing on the UK's economic wellbeing. These centres will help support...
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Ethical vision
Keith Martin has been honoured for work on a stem-cell research for retinal injuries that cuts the need for animal experiments
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Appointments
A new pro vice-chancellor has been appointed at Nottingham Trent University. Ann Priest will be responsible for non-course-related student matters at the university, alongside her role as head of the...
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Setting a course for blue skies amid rough waters
The Russell Group's new head has the strength and nous to take it through tough times, John Gill says
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University of Salford - Sounds like a real gas
For comedians who devote their careers to crafting brilliant witticisms, it must be galling that for many people there is nothing funnier than a fart. Now a professor of acoustics at the University...
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University of Bristol - Asian-crisis suicides revealed
Suicide rates increased as a result of the Asian economic crisis in 1997-98, but only in some of the countries affected, according to a study by academics at the University of Bristol. The research,...