Globetrotter that put down roots in manor
Rhododendrons are one of the most important groups of plants in the gardens of the British Isles and of North America, yet most species come from Asia and from the tropical vireyas from the mountains...
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Laurie Taylor Column
"Major management shake-up at Nottingham Trent University after a poll revealed that half the staff had doubts about the institution's strategic objectives" - Times Higher , July 9 From : Jamie...
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Leader: Science gains but must deliver
A ten-year commitment to expanding UK research would be welcome at any time. For it to be announced as part of a spending review that threatens more than 100,000 job losses in the public sector is...
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Leader: A flexible enforcer?
Charles Clarke's remit for the Director of Fair Access, hard on the heels of last week's job specification, has put some flesh on the bones of the Government's plans to regulate the new top-up fees...
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Pass rates are all about the cash
I share Annette Marshall's reservations (Letters, July 9) about the fiddling that happens between exam marking and meetings of boards of examiners and at the meetings themselves. One always has the...
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Good for your health? 1
The best way to judge the value of animal experimentation is to examine the nation's health and the vivisection-based National Health Service (Features, July 9). The NHS founding fathers genuinely...
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Good for your health? 2
The vivisection fraternity has had it too good for too long. It has been avoiding a real scientific debate on animal experimentation for decades, hiding behind the "your-child-or-the-rat" argument...
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Good for your health? 3
It is difficult to understand why individuals such as Marlene Thomson (Letters, July 2) distort the truth about the value of animal experiments to medical research: "Cardiovascular systems... of...
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Unmask Gats
The perspective on the General Agreement on Trade in Services presented by Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin (Opinion, July 2) is misleading. Although Vincent-Lancrin may be correct in saying that no country...
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No easy answers
Readers may have been puzzled by your eye-catching headline last week "'Bums-on-seats' policy leads more students to drop out" because the story failed to identify the source of the research from...
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Fraud, pure and simple
Mike Reddy seems confused about plagiarism ("Why I..." July 9). Assessment and education may not mix well, but if we are obliged to mark work, we should be fair about it. Fairness means recognising...
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Celebrate UK appeal
It is unsurprising that young researchers are flocking to the UK ("UK enjoys a brain gain in young talent", July 9). We have one of the most open, corruption-free university systems in the world. The...
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Lap dancers' union
May I clarify the report on my research into the unionisation of sex workers ("Lap dancers will seek to unionise, says academic", July 9). I did not argue that a unionised environment would allow...
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Poor show
Despite the main theme of his article being the effect of tax on the wealthy, William Rubenstein expresses surprise that "little is known about the very rich in the 20th century compared with other...
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Marxist, yes, with a touch of bourgeoisie
Weak, not strong, states pose the greatest threat to our security, insists Francis Fukuyama - a man who wears his fame lightly, as Brendan Simms found Francis Fukuyama is one of the best-known...