William Summers looks at the breakthroughs that flowed from knowledge of the double helix Scientists, for the most part, come in one of two persuasions. In the first group are the puzzle-solvers, who...
Anna Roosevelt has upset traditional thinking about Amazonia's prehistory and its ecosystem, writes Stephen Phillips Anna Roosevelt's findings in the Amazon basin have resonated beyond the confines...
The attention paid to the academy's youngbloods can overshadow those at retirement age or beyond. But Adrian Mourby finds age no bar to valuable scholarship From Botox injections to S Club Juniors,...
Terry Philpot meets a social work academic who left a chair to do what he could not do at a university - combine teaching and practice The climb to occupy a professorial chair is often such a long...
ICT in higher education, Issue No. 1 Published in The Times Higher on February 7 2003  Leader  'British higher education cannot take the chance that technology is simply another passing fad'...
Academics seem to have a knee-jerk reaction to any suggestion that they did not make ("Get out your module maps", THES , January 31). Module descriptors are not an "iron cage", as Todd Landman...
I thoroughly support Todd Landman's views on institutional audit, the supposedly "light touch" for universities. Academics are becoming so chained to and restricted by processes that insurrection is...
The argument that someone who downloads pornographic images from the internet without showing or distributing them to others bears responsibility for the child abuse involved in making the images is...
The way to an adolescent's mathematical heart is through the staple diet he or she is fed ("Your task: identify the falling interest rate in mathematics", THES , January 31). Yet official reports...
Reports of the demise of the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education are greatly exaggerated ("Teaching academy could doom ILT", THES , January 31). The ILTHE, formerly the ILT, in...
The ILTHE is not "doomed" by the white paper proposals for a new academy. It should be a major contributor to its success. In a very short time, the institute has established itself as a professional...
If education secretary Charles Clarke and vice-chancellors are serious about enhancing learning and teaching, they need to reform restrictive personnel policies regarding academic-related staff....
Sa'ad Medhat complains that four-year accredited MEng is failing to attract students ("A new beginning for a strained relationship", THES , January 24). But why complain when the Engineering Council...
Sa'ad Medhat is out of touch about what the engineering industry wants and what universities provide. Why has industry been snapping up engineering graduates? Why have the salaries of graduating...
Susan Bassnett understates the degree of arbitrary divergence in PhD procedures (Soapbox, THES , January 10). She criticises differences in interpretation of criteria for referrals. Far more...