Engaging with students’ spirituality
Students’ religious convictions need not hinder the learning environment; treated respectfully and inclusively, their presence may enhance the experience for all
Students’ religious convictions need not hinder the learning environment; treated respectfully and inclusively, their presence may enhance the experience for all
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Poppleton University's successful history of outsourcing was given a new boost with last week's announcement that academic staff discipline was to be outsourced to HM Prison Service.Jamie Targett,...
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Gerard Kelly (Leader, 3 April) calls for a debate on top-up fees, but insists that they are "necessary". What about the graduate tax? If I were a student, I would rather know that I would pay tax at...
Your leader states that "it is right that those who personally benefit should pay when they are able and that those who do not should not be taxed for someone else's privilege". This is pernicious...
In your efforts to justify charging higher fees, you point to "crumbling infrastructure" and "creaking campuses" in what you regard as the underfunded education system of Ireland. This misleading...
You point out that academia could soon be "a largely 'female' profession" but not at the highest levels ("Still second among equals", March).This is borne out by the example of the UK's medical...
In asking whether women miss out on promotion because of prejudice or because they are less committed, you quote figures from the Robert Drago and Carol L. Colbeck study on bias avoidance (strategies...
After the shocking discovery and public admission (Letters, 6 March) that it is not possible to produce an algorithm for the economic impact of research, Philip Esler, chief executive of the Arts and...
The medical profession has a long tradition of misusing academic titles (Letters, March). After all, physicians style themselves Dr but most of them have two bachelors degrees, not a doctorate.People...