No advocate of 'terrorist torture'
No word other than dishonest can be used to describe Brendan O'Leary's mendacious characterisation of my book Why Terrorism Works (Books, THES , October 4). Read this paragraph: "There follows a...
No word other than dishonest can be used to describe Brendan O'Leary's mendacious characterisation of my book Why Terrorism Works (Books, THES , October 4). Read this paragraph: "There follows a...
Weary of the top-up debate, Sir Richard Sykes (Why I, THES , October 25) has stepped out to convert Imperial College, London, from a prestigious research institution into a privileged independent...
Does Sir Richard know that fees never match costs? The Institute for Research on Higher Education in Philadelphia has revealed that students paying full fees still pay less than the cost of their...
Apart from plans to introduce massive top-up fees, Imperial deserves attention for its decision to confer its highest honour - fellow of the college - on a senior Singaporean government minister....
The headline about King's College London's response to the proposed University College London-Imperial merger ("King's in power bid after talk of merger", THES , October 25) was misleading. The story...
Geoffrey Alderman enjoys nothing more than stirring a pot ("Cost of merger is more than fees", THES , October 25). At Royal Holloway, University of London, we place greater faith in London University...
There is no question of Oxford University cutting tutorials as a core part of its teaching provision ("Oxford's tutorials cut to aid research", THES , October 25). The tutorial is greatly valued by...
It is a sad state of affairs if, as Bob Osborne says, "most Protestants in Northern Ireland do not regard the two universities there as 'Irish'" (Letters, THES , October 25). What are they then? They...
You are right to argue that universities should make allowances for candidates from schools with poor results ("Tackle suspicion that plagues UK admissions", THES , October 11). Admissions systems...
Your report "Headteachers demand clarity on selection" (News, THES , October 25) missed the significance of the statement of concern. It was signed by the four independent school heads' associations...
If performance-related pay is on the cards (News, THES , October 11), it should more accurately reflect the reasons for excellence in teaching and research. All staff in a department could pool the...
What's in a name (or figure)? Evidently, a degree of difference. Promoting foundation degrees to engineer the 50 per cent participation rate is likely to involve "sacrificing" the higher national...
Brussels, 30 Oct 2002 The European Commission launched a project to create a network of major radioactive waste management organisations across Europe on 29 October. The project aims to strengthen...
Brussels, 30 Oct 2002 Following research which showed that companies could lower their electricity costs for motor driven systems by up to 30 per cent, the European Commission has launched the Motor...
Brussels, 30 Oct 2002 A special edition of the Innovation & Technology Transfer magazine entitled 'A Directory of European Innovation' is now available. The directory is intended to...