QAA queries 1
Your article on the Quality Assurance Agency's audit of London Business School is, in our opinion, misleading ("Watchdog mauls LBS and Cambridge quality", THES , October 24). The school secured an...
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QAA queries 2
Adamantios Diamantopoulos seems to be labouring under a misapprehension (Letters, THES , October 31). The academic judgements in QAA reports are formed by panels of senior academics, whose names are...
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A point of law
When Stephen Rose said Oxford University had "over-reacted" and meted out a "wholly disproportionate punishment" with regard to suspending Andrew Wilkie, what he and many of his academic colleagues...
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North Sea mystery
ߣߣÊÓƵn researchers please note: the North Sea is too shallow for gas hydrates ("Sailing too close to the wind", THES , October 31). However, "shallow gas" and gas escape features ("pockmarks")...
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Labour muddle
I was delighted to read that higher education minister Alan Johnson now supports the Liberal Democrat policy of a £2,000 maintenance grant, though disappointed to read a few paragraphs later that the...
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Proof that a woman's touch can help in global games
Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state, believes that women have certain advantages over men in the world of international diplomacy, although they are still thin on the ground....
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Soul of Ogoni campaigner marches on in oil killing fields
Crimes against a people continue in Nigeria but the fight goes on, writes Ike Okonta It may be ten years since members of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (Mosop), led by Ken Saro-Wiwa,...
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There's still life in these old bones...
Molecular science is revolutionising archaeology - researchers can now tell what Mesolithic man had for lunch. Geoff Watts investigates Hear the word "archaeology" and what comes to mind? People...
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Vintage brews get the midas touch
A vintage wine is a perfect blend of past and present, writes Patrick E. McGovern, but what if we take the process a step further and recreate ancient wines in a modern-day setting? After analysing...
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Sex, lies and electronic tags
Sex crimes are at the top of the justice agenda, which may mean revisiting preventative measures previously dismissed. Adam James reports. The scientific establishment has, until now, been sceptical...
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Get a job in academe? You must be joking
You're underpaid, overworked and unloved - and you're too gutless to do anything about it, says Tina Brown. Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates certainly has advantages over teaching...
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Proof that a woman's touch can help in global games
Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state, believes that women have certain advantages over men in the world of international diplomacy, although they are still thin on the ground....
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Soul of Ogoni campaigner marches on in oil killing fields
Crimes against a people continue in Nigeria but the fight goes on, writes Ike Okonta It may be ten years since members of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (Mosop), led by Ken Saro-Wiwa,...
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There's still life in these old bones...
Molecular science is revolutionising archaeology - researchers can now tell what Mesolithic man had for lunch. Geoff Watts investigates Hear the word "archaeology" and what comes to mind? People...
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Vintage brews get the midas touch
A vintage wine is a perfect blend of past and present, writes Patrick E. McGovern, but what if we take the process a step further and recreate ancient wines in a modern-day setting? After analysing...