Non-nonsense nature
I do not share Michael Rutter's confidence that the blank-slate view of human nature has been widely rejected (Books, THES , December 13) and think it is unfair to claim that Steven Pinker's The...
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Roll the credits
Martin Ince likened the author list of some scientific papers to the credits of a Hollywood film (Opinion, THES , December 6). Like them, they should specify contributions. This would give credit to...
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Passed over poets
Jonathan Dollimore's defence of theory ("Sex rescues sad character from clutches of caricature", THES , December 20/) was tellingly placed before Kathleen Taylor's essay on imagination and knowledge...
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Today's news
Tories attack £14m fast track for teachers A £14 million scheme to attract the brightest graduates into teaching has so far resulted in just 110 new teachers in classrooms. The Tories called for the...
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Strip the malls of lots of lolly, fa la la la...
With only four shopping days left until Christmas, a study has found that the UK has become a nation of consumer cheats. More than three-quarters of shoppers have not owned up to getting too much...
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Clarke toys with early fee hike
Ministers are considering an immediate rise in upfront tuition fees to help bridge the gap in university funding until more radical reforms are introduced. Plans submitted to education secretary...
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Forget CDs, give an education voucher this Xmas
Stuck for that special gift? Seeking an alternative to book or CD tokens? This Christmas, Austrians have the chance to buy study vouchers for would-be students unable to pay the high tuition fees....
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Scientist says bias cut space allocation
One of the UK's leading scientists has told MPs that research council bias may be depriving the space-science community of government funding. Fred Taylor, head of atmospheric, oceanic and planetary...
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Mission to catch a comet
The countdown to one of the longest shots in the history of space exploration has begun, writes Steve Farrar. The Rosetta probe will have to avoid destruction on the launch pad and being drowned in...
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Student unions reject academic boycott of Israel
Student unions are spurning attempts to extend the academic boycott of Israel to the undergraduate community. Following moves by academics to boycott Israeli institutions in protest at its treatment...
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'Scrooge' pay deal rejected
Further education lecturers' union leaders are threatening to call for renewed strike action after employers failed to improve their pay offer last week, writes Tony Tysome. Pay talks ended in a...
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Ditch the Prozac and get a placard
Demonstrating is good for your health. Psychologists at Sussex University have found that taking part in mass protests has the sort of positive effect that has been linked with speeding physiological...
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Linguists angered by course closures
Language specialists say a funding review is increasingly urgent following a decision to axe German degrees at Stirling University and a feared threat to Slavonic studies at Glasgow University....
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Surfers ride into careers
Traditionalists who mocked Plymouth University's controversial "surfing degree" as one of the worst examples of dumbing down were invited to eat their words this week as the first cohort of graduates...
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Suffering an ID crisis? Then go shopping
Shopping is part of a fundamental search to discover the real self, says York University sociologist Colin Campbell. In his paper I Shop, therefore Know that I Am he argues that retail therapy is a...