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As usual Laurie Taylor moved me to an involuntary snigger, this time with his column on solidarity with university administrators ( THES , November 14). It reminded me of when I was on an...
As usual Laurie Taylor moved me to an involuntary snigger, this time with his column on solidarity with university administrators ( THES , November 14). It reminded me of when I was on an...
Have the researchers who are developing a drug to burn excess fat ("Aston finds fat-buster clue", THES , 14 November) worked out the economics? We would be able to eat lots more fat and sugar with...
Ever since he rejoined the Open University, Graham Gibbs has been a frequent visitor to the office next to mine to share a sandwich lunch with the occupant, Vicky Lewis, and on many occasions they...
"After theory"? Good riddance to poststructuralism, its flawed, failed ideas and obfuscations ("We're all theorists now", THES , November 14). Faced with a Kantian Nazi, Foucault's "very tenuous link...
May we have a proper photograph of Phil Baty? A man who can jump to far-fetched conclusions while blowing a whistle with his foot in his mouth should be something for the anatomists to ponder. Alan...
V-cs seem ready to break with the state by securing other funding streams but, as Chris Bunting reports, talk of privatised autonomy is a red herring for most universities. It was a peculiarly polite...
Nick Woods reports on the English language courses that are a boon for universities' coffers and culture "Everyone speaks English anyway." That is the typical argument British people use to avoid...
Government censorship of criminal research is spreading to academe, say Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte In 1997, after New Labour was first elected, one of Tony Blair's most trusted confidants, Lord...
Is your university incident team ready to face fatalities? Olga Wojtas reports from a real-time reconstruction When staff arrive at 9.30am, they get a message from the convener of the university...
With the help of the world cup, rugby union is muscling in on Aussie academe, says Huw Richards This weekend, ߣߣÊÓÆµ will come under the world spotlight as it hosts the final of the Rugby Union...
Racial categories used in North America don't translate to the South, especially in Brazil, where asking people for their raca has elicited as many as 135 different 'colour' terms, says John Norvell...

 ICT in Higher Education, Issue No. 2 Published in The Times Higher on November 21 2003 Think you're well connected now? Wait till you see the grid  Leader  'Clarke's challenge is to encourage...
At the height of the dotcom boom, with online universities proliferating and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology making its course materials available on the web, it was easy to overestimate...
Students’ needs, not technology, must drive e-learning strategy, says the English funding council in its consultation document. But what does this mean for academics, many of whom are sceptical? The...
From enabling access to past papers and official documents to offering a room-booking service, some portals have found what it takes to get users to log on again and again, writes Pat Leon The term “...