In defence of Wits v-c 2
We have observed with pride the career of our alumna Norma Reid Birley, which culminated in her becoming vice-chancellor of Wi****ersrand. The reflections on her competence and the questioning of her...
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Teaching attractions 1
A quarter of a century ago, the University of Oxford's department of educational studies might well have been a conduit through which Oxford graduates moved into independent schools ("Top teachers go...
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Teaching attractions 2
What evidence is there that having a first or even a PhD makes you a better teacher? The comment that "students in state schools are being short-changed by not having access to the most highly...
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Cruel breaks with past
The "export" of children to ߣߣÊÓƵ, Canada and New Zealand by some voluntary childcare agencies is not "Britain's guilty secret" (Don's Diary, THES , January 10). The subject has been covered in...
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A call for real class
Higher education needs more working-class academics, not just students, if it is to ensure real equality and progress ("Will rich ideas tackle a very poor show?", THES , January 10). These academics...
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Scientific methods
Nick Petford in his review of Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth (Books, THES , January 3) writes of sociological theories that "claim that hypothesis testing...
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Some fresh thoughts
Susan Bassnett (Soapbox, THES , January 10) is right to deplore the confusion over the criteria and processes by which PhDs are awarded in the humanities. She is less justified, however, in expecting...
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A bad Big Idea
What's wrong with capitals (News, THES , January 10)? They are useful Signposts Highlighting Key Items in otherwise Featureless Oceans of Monotonous Print. Does the plain english campaign avoid...
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Why are there so few women in industrial research? Conference, Brussels, 23 January 2003
Brussels, 15 Jan 2003 Brussels, 23 January 2002 Whilst women make up more than 50% of all graduates in higher education in the European Union, they represent only 15% of researchers in industry....
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Unanswered questions mean new target must be found for Rosetta
Brussels, 15 Jan 2003 Europe's one billion euro mission to land a spacecraft on the Wirtanen comet has been abandoned, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on 15 January. The project was thrown...
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ESA payloads feature on Space Shuttle research mission
Paris, 15 Jan 2003 European scientists will be 'turning off' the effects of gravity during the STS-107 Space Shuttle research mission this month in order to gain a better understanding of processes...
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The CRUMPET project - User-friendly mobile services personalised for tourism
Brussels, 15 Jan 2003 A recently completed EU funded project has developed a series of tourist related electronic services. CRUMPET, creation of user-friendly mobile services personalised for tourism...
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Study calls for a third generation innovation policy
Brussels, 15 Jan 2003 An innovation policy study written for the Commission's Enterprise DG argues the case for a 'third generation innovation policy' that recognises the 'centrality of innovation to...
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Today's news
Landslide vote for Clinton in Oxford Bill Clinton has emerged as the overwhelming favourite among Oxford undergraduates to succeed the late Roy Jenkins as chancellor of the university. Despite his...
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Commission welcomes debate on EU funding for defence research
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 The Commission has welcomed comments from the Greek Presidency suggesting that the EU should fund defence research projects, and has called for further debate on the issue....