Leader: Employers need foundation role
Foundation degrees are key to the government's planned expansion of higher education. Almost 10,000 students are taking them and the number is set to grow. But a study this week shows that they are...
Foundation degrees are key to the government's planned expansion of higher education. Almost 10,000 students are taking them and the number is set to grow. But a study this week shows that they are...
The government would be unwise to ignore the warning from the British Council that its top-up fees policy may deter students from the European Union from considering a British university. Any...
The phrase "since the 2001 al-Qaida attacks" was wrongly attributed to me. In my view, "al-Qaida", as an omnipotent terrorist organisation, is a figment of the US media's imagination and there's no...
I have much sympathy with the Higher Education Funding Council for England's wish to maintain the "cherished principle" that similar courses should receive public funding at similar levels ("Fees...
Some may fear the prospect of the National Health Service University poaching pre-registration nursing education ("Health academics voice fears over NHSU takeover", THES , October 17), others may not...
The photograph accompanying "Night light hinders UK astronomers" ( THES , October 17) was not an example of light pollution that prevents us observing the night sky but a perfect image of the Milky...
I was alarmed by Frank Furedi's selective use of our 2001-02 survey data on counselling in higher and further education. In trumpeting his claims of a rampant "therapy culture" in British...
Some of the most academically brilliant students have some form of psychological problem. Would Frank Furedi rather they were not supported in a way that enables them to fulfil their potential? Would...
The news story "Mentors count personal costs" ( THES , October 17) thankfully, but unknowingly, pre-empted Frank Furedi's provocative twaddle. Student mentors, who do not have their own mentors,...
No reasonable person can defend ignorant or intemperate denunciations or harassment of other scholars, be they pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian ("Forget reds under the bed, there's Arabs in the attic...
Roger Ballard's attack on Terry Eagleton and Daniel Pipes (Letters, THES , October 17) was a rant. The letter is a perfect example of the anticolonial mindset. It confidently takes the moral high...
Hefce did not unveil any proposals on teaching funding last week as you report ("V-cs pan Hefce bid to redirect funding", THES , October 17), nor does it have plans to force nearly 50 universities to...
Bruce Yardley ("Don't lose MSc magic", THES , October 17) correctly emphasises the importance of vocational masters degrees for young professionals. But he is wide of the mark in his economic...
Where is the evidence that widening participation and a slowdown in vacancies will push more graduates into low-paid administrative or other casual work ("Graduates set for low-paid first jobs", THES...
Many UK careers services would have been disappointed to read comments implying a lack of support for students. We do much more than offer a computer program and pamphlets. We run events that cover...