An aid or a burden? 1
The issue of teaching teachers to teach is one of the most important facing academe. Recent letters seem to have missed the point I raised (Letters, May 6), namely that there is no proper research...
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An aid or a burden? 2
In a sense, who can disagree with recent letters in support of PGCHEs? It is true that a PhD does not certify anyone to be a good teacher. And it is certainly true that lecturers become better at...
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Not problem solvers
Norman Bonney gives a misleading picture of sociology (Soapbox, May 20). Sociology is no more about revolution and protest movements than it is about Conservatism. Other scientists are also usually...
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A dig at Reading?
In your "Fantasy University League" feature (May 20), a list of 21 university departments accompanied the headline "Top scorers play dirty in RAE game". The reason for listing these departments was...
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Tough on dissent
I am disturbed by Lancaster University's decision to have students and local people charged with aggravated trespass for entering a conference on campus last year. The protesters wanted to discuss...
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Killer theory
It may be that an ability to kill other human beings confers a reproductive advantage, as David Buss argues, ("Hardwired to kill", May 13), though a life spent behind bars does reduce opportunities...
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Politics for peace 1
Paul Julian Smith is plain wrong to say that the Association of University Teachers demonises Israel (Letters, May 20). As for the amount of time it spends on "political" issues rather than "...
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Politics for peace 2
The "reasonable" portrait you painted of Sue Blackwell made for intriguing reading ("I've no regrets", May 20). But the image that sticks in my mind is the photo of her wearing a dress tailored out...
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Archive allowance
The Wellcome Trust has announced that all papers from new research projects that it funds must be deposited in an open-access archive within six months of publication. Does this mean it will include...
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Break the record
Do I hold something of a British, or even a world, record? I have been on temporary hourly paid part-time lecturing contracts at the same institution since October 1988. As your writer pointed out (...
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Scottish voice
Your article "5% pay offer is asking for a fight" (May 13) again neglects to inform your readers that there are seven campus unions in the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff and...
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Colour of equality
Reading of the white Jewish lecturer at Barnet College who had to redefine his race to join an equal opportunities committee (May 13), I was reminded of Ali G railing against the police: "Is it...
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Conference watch
While the Grid was designed to boost the computing power of particle physicists, its potential benefits to social scientists are only now being recognised. The First International Conference on e-...
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No rest for the smitten
Christopher Ricks was all set to rest on his laurels until he was given another opportunity to convey the beauty of Eliot, Milton and Dylan (Bob, that is). Michael North meets a dazzling man. There...
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Poems from The Academy selected by Christopher Ricks
A work by Siegfried Sassoon kicks off a series on verse that has been influenced by university life. Founder's Feast Old as a toothless Regius Professor Ebbed the Madeira wine. Loquacious graduates...