Letter: Quality straits (2)
The president of the National Union of Students, Owain James, can be relied on for a speak-your-weight response when it comes to quality assurance issues. Reacting to the news of John Randall's...
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Letter: Quality straits (3)
So John Randall thinks that "almost all of this derided administration would occur anyway" (Soapbox, THES , August 24). He is right. But since his organisation insists that the information and data...
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Letter: Quality straits (4)
Reading between the lines, it looks as though Lewis Elton (Letters, THES , August 31) is claiming some credit for the recent QAA proposals for an audit scheme. The idea is by no means new, and lay at...
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Letter: Resist urge to merge
London Guildhall University Natfhe branch appears to have difficulty in understanding the haste with which management is pushing through the merger with the University of North London ("London merger...
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Letter: Business of learning
The analysis of the performance and effectiveness of universities is an important public issue for all the stakeholders ("Why the smart cash is not clever", THES , August 31), although there are...
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Letter: Business of learning
We are delighted with the interest our research has generated, but in our original paper (in the International Journal of Business Performance Management) we did not conclude that the financial...
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Letter: Robostrop
You assert that none of the Lego robots at the World Conference on Computers in Education in Copenhagen "succeeded" in ousting all seven figures from the circle on a whiteboard table ("Roboflop",...
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Letter: Postdoc rejection
I am a 39-year-old postdoctoral surrounded by rejection letters for the third year running (Letters, THES , August 17, 24). Based in an English department, my doctoral dissertation was on a...
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Leader: Ramsden report is call for action
Next week the leaders of Britain's universities gather for their annual residential meeting. They have a new president, Roderick Floud, a new government with new ministers, and (for the English...
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Open door to study haven
Courses designed to accommodate the needs of strictly observant religious groups are in great demand. Caroline Davis reports. If Muhammad won't come to the mountain, the mountain must come to...
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Business is booming for courses with a conscience
Despite the president's views on the environment, demand is high for business courses that focus on corporate responsibility. Sarah Murray reports. If students at US business schools have their way,...
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In the right place for the wrong reason
A clash between science and religion has placed US universities on the political agenda. But, reports Stephen Phillips, higher education has more fundamental issues to which it would like President...
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You have to get dirty if you want to clean up
US universities are learning that lobbying is the key to their long-term financial health. The hotly contested stem-cell debate shows the growing willingness of US universities to step down from the...
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Corporations and activists square up on the internet
"We are at an important juncture for press freedom - the global corporate 'monoculture' has never been more powerful, but its success is generating massive opposition," says David Edwards, associate...
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The press is free to do just as it is told
Market forces and obedience to authority are shaking the once mighty champions of democracy, argues David Cromwell What is being reported blandly on the front pages," wrote American linguist and...