In 1970, Ivor Gaber and his fellow students occupied their university registry. Last week they met to reassess the events of the 'Warwick Spring' A toast to the student union building." A group of...
The discovery of a colossal squid in the Antarctic was a dream come true for marine biologist Kat Bolstad There was a moment of stunned silence as we saw the first image of the colossal squid...
On the 400th and 50th anniversaries of their deaths, we pit England's virgin queen against the USSR's father and find more than a shared love of dancing. Christopher Haigh shows how Elizabeth...
As troops struggle to restore order to Iraq, the country's future and its past hang in the balance. Adrian Mourby reports on fears for Iraq's unique cultural heritage From his home in Cambridge,...
Reviewer Henry Hardy laid into sloppy copy-editing at Oxford University Press (Books, THES, April 11) by citing a "glorious" footnote naming a book as Needs, Values, Wiggins, Truth . "What are...
The gist of Phil Baty's article on National Union of Students funding policy ("NUS left forces a U-turn on grants", THES , April 4) is spot on, but he blurs an important detail. When Labour Students...
The Rorschach inkblot test has not been discredited as you report ("This test 'makes everyone look sick'", THES , April 4). Most reviews are favourable. Critical ones have resulted in further...
Iain Stevenson (Letters, THES , April 11) describes the claim that mid-20th century authors may never go out of copyright as "ridiculous", but US corporations are already lobbying for a further...
David Wood, in his "Why I believe gene banks are a waste of money" on the nature and importance of conserving the diversity of our crops ( THES , March 14), argues that the Global Conservation Trust...
Steve Dixon (Why I, THES , April 11) argues that the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire case should never have been brought to court, on the grounds that it "marks a monumental incursion of a TV show into...
Alan Ryan's article (Opinion, THES , April 11) is sad - literally and in the colloquial use of that word. He makes a too close association between diversity and affirmative action, even when he comes...
Will Mona Baker move to "unappoint" US and UK academics in response to the recent invasion of Iraq? Andrew Barry University of Edinburgh
Using the name Offa for the latest higher education watchdog does seem a little unfortunate ('Toothless' Offa stokes fees revolt, THES , April 11). When King Offa built his dyke against the Welsh,...
Will the head of the new access watchdog be called Offa's Tyke? Ian McNay Professor emeritus, higher education and management University of Greenwich
Of course, Offa's previous construction had only a short period of importance and it was soon abandoned. John Wakeford Missenden Centre for the Development of Higher Education