The fuel that fires political hotspots
Oil is not only the lifeblood of the global economy, it is the source of international tensions, and these can only increase as finite reserves dwindle, writes Colin Campbell. The Middle East is...
Oil is not only the lifeblood of the global economy, it is the source of international tensions, and these can only increase as finite reserves dwindle, writes Colin Campbell. The Middle East is...
The desire to understand the events of 9/11 has been a commercial boon for scholarly works from specialist presses, writes Karen Gold. In the summer of 2001, when New York's twin towers seemed to...
Plus no social life, unpaid preparation and nightmares. John Brogan reveals the grim reality of a visiting lecturer's life. Â At secondary school, the mere mention of James Watt and his separate...
In the fourth of our Pushing 50 series on the promises and prob-lems of a mass higher education system, Harriet Swain looks at how staff shortages could upset the drive to widen access. There are two...

This supplement was published with The Times Higher on May 17 2002 in conjunction with World Education Market  (Lisbon, Portugal: May 21-24, 2002). Digital deprivation  Whatever technology's...
The "richness and diversity" of Welsh writing, in Welsh and in English, may be "little recognised in England" ("Free Welsh voices to sing", THES, April 26), but it gets attention abroad. There are...
Low pay may be causing a staff recruitment crisis (News, THES, May 10), but there is a more disturbing trend. My research students are increasingly abandoning the notion of pursuing a career in the...
Those at last week's Association of University Teachers national delegates meeting heard an astonishing speech from the minister for lifelong learning and higher education. After stating that higher...
The list of "aberrations in cloned animals" described by Jaap de Roode and Clare Mills ("Proceed with extreme care", THES, May 3) would lead a reader to believe that most animals born through cloning...
The Royal Society does have an ethnic monitoring process for staff and university research appointments and we agreed to supply the Commons select committee with details ("The Royal Society savaged...
The irresponsible representation of IQ tests as "scientific" on the BBC's Test the Nation raises serious professional and ethical issues (Features, THES, May 10). The measurement of "intelligence" by...
I have long admired your policy of putting "top totty" on page three, usually a lovely at fashion college. But you excelled yourselves with the Britney Spears lookalikes (News, THES, May 10). Keep up...
Neil Gregor's review of the journal Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions (Books, THES, April 26) insinuates that the editors would exclude contributions by those who use the concept fascism...
Coding by occupation may be an alternative to the postcode measure of university entrants' social class, but the data-gathering needs to improve (Leader, THES, May 3). The occupational code of many...
Your leader criticises the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service for not giving admissions staff information about an individual applicant's social class. Like information relating to ethnic...