Laurie Taylor Column
From : The Office of Professor Lapping To : The External Examiner Dear Mikey Sorry to have to bother you again about your report but there has been a major policy change since we last corresponded....
From : The Office of Professor Lapping To : The External Examiner Dear Mikey Sorry to have to bother you again about your report but there has been a major policy change since we last corresponded....
Some of the more extravagant projections of future global student mobility have been toned down in the latest studies, but both the Commonwealth and the IDP, the ߣߣÊÓÆµn universities'...
Scotland has always been more successful than its UK neighbours when it comes to integrating further and higher education. Geography and tradition have combined to boost the numbers taking degrees...
Some of the more extravagant projections of future global student mobility have been toned down in the latest studies, but both the Commonwealth and the IDP, the ߣߣÊÓÆµn universities'...
Scotland has always been more successful than its UK neighbours when it comes to integrating further and higher education. Geography and tradition have combined to boost the numbers taking degrees...
In the ongoing debate about top-up fees, one misguided aspect of the government's plans is in danger of being overlooked. Research and practical experience show that students from families with no...
Queen's University Belfast's position on student financing is not as you report ("Prospect of English fees spreads fear of hardship", THES , October 17). It welcomes the government's acceptance that...
I do not support top-up fees being set at the highest level as reported in the profile of Simon Lee, my successor at Leeds Metropolitan University (In the news, THES , September 19). The university's...
Roger Brown, Geoffrey Alderman and many others miss the point about publication of external examiner reports on the web ("Peer review rejig axed in crisis fear", THES , October 24). By openly...
So the Quality Assurance Agency has decreed that it will endorse the standard of degrees awarded by London Business School and Cambridge University only if the institutions act on its recommendations...
If the government introduces baccalaureate-style diplomas, let's hope it investigates A-level boards ("Bac may force change to degrees", THES , October 24). Universities have to deal not only with...
Andrew Sanders complains (Letters, THES , October 17) that "academic freedom and intellectual depth in law school programmes are grossly compromised because of interference from professional bodies...
Frank Furedi's provocative article "Get rid of those professional stabilisers" ( THES , October 17) is a useful reminder that counselling and psychotherapy have come of age. As a member of the "...
There must be an awkward atmosphere at Kent, where the sociology department seems to have employed two professors called Frank Furedi. One is the Furedi who wrote that nice article (Men who juggle...
Last academic session, little more than a third of our clients came to counselling because of depression, measured in terms recognised by GPs, and anxiety, symptoms of which included phobic behaviour...