Letter: Market forces
Jonathan Rutherford's comments on the increasing marketisation of education and the tension between the "goods and services" offered ("Let the corporate class commence", THES , July 13) should...
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Letter: Bewitching blue
George Ritzer has a point ("Let's make it magical", THES , July 6). Having lectured at Cambridge University for the past two years, I have often felt as if I am already working in a gigantic theme...
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Letter: ILT 'vapid and costly'
Is it any wonder the Institute for Learning and Teaching is "growing rapidly" ("Ready for take-off", THES , July 13) when a number of heads of departments and vice-chancellors are "advising" staff to...
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Letter: Yale - Celebrate with unionisation
Yale University in the United States is facing a major confrontation with its graduate teaching assistants and workers at its teaching hospital over union representation as it celebrates its 300th...
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Letter: Reserve reservations (1)
As principal of one of the institutions appearing near the top of some financial indicators and at the bottom of others, it might be helpful if I make some comments on aspects of your otherwise very...
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Letter: Reserve reservations (2)
You express gratitude that at least we have two institutions with enough money to compete globally. But you forget that several of the institutions high up in your wealth league table belong to an...
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Letter: No letters for BA folk
Readers who spotted the item on the BA consulting its members about the introduction of post-nominals (Diary, THES , July 6) might like to know the outcome. Members who voted were fairly evenly...
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Letter: Bradford bravery
It is a matter of concern to see the theory developing that the violence and rioting in Bradford were caused by anti-racist demonstrators who attended a peaceful rally in Centenary Square. This rally...
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Letter: Primary sources
Call it dumbing-up if you like. English finalists at Cambridge were asked this year to discuss the following question: Tragedy/ When the feeling's gone and you can't go on/ It's tragedy/ When you...
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Leader: Public v. private feud will stifle new partnerships
On Monday, at the Royal Free Hospital in London, the prime minister tried to get the debate about public-private partnerships onto the rails. On Tuesday, he (or transport minister Stephen Byers in...
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Correction
In 'Enticing the public with a private plan' ( THES July 13), it was stated that Capella University is seeking accreditation and that it had recently made a deal with General Motors. Capella is in...
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Prized rubble of emperors and sultans
One of the world's most important Roman sites is in danger of succumbing to years of neglect. Sylvia Smith reports on the project to save Volubilis and excavate its Islamic successor Spectacularly...
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Each year, three diseases kill 5.4 million people worldwide
As epidemics ravage the third world, Fabià Gumbau-Brisa reports on the issues facing this week's G8 summit. Each year, just three diseases kill 5.4 million people worldwide. Malaria kills at least 1...
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When patients can't afford the drugs, but drug companies can't cut their prices, who should foot the bill?
 "The pharmaceuticals world, once I entered it, got me by the throat and wouldn't let me go. It had everything: the hopes and dreams we have of it; its vast, partly realised potential for good; and...
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Can't all sell dead sharks for a living
Perhaps 200 British artists live by their work alone. But there are alternatives to starvation in a garret for the latest art graduates. Helen Hague reports Even before the Royal College of Art's...