Letter: Ideas don't add up
John Radford (Letters, THES, November 24) states that mathematical ability is gender-linked, with the implication that we need not worry about under-representation of women in mathematics departments...
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Letter: No votes cast for iron
The Political Studies Association has decided to celebrate its 50 years by awarding Margaret Thatcher with the prize for "breaking the mould" (People, THES, November 24). This category presumably...
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Letter: True power
We know readers turn first to Laurie Taylor's column, but there is evidence his influence extends further afield. Last week I was leading a QAA subject review. Towards the end of the review team's...
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Letter: Common flaws
I refer to Osman Durrani's, review of two books on British-German relations, in which he develops a discourse about the development of dubious myths and prejudices in this relationship (Books, THES,...
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Letter: Home truths
Closer analysis of the data used by Kate Flynn to claim that public and private universities in the United States are comparable reveals the overwhelming dominance of private universities (Letters,...
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Letter: Get the equality argument right
Your report "Private fees fund 'public investment'" (THES, November 24) alleges that the government has not been clear about how the tuition fees that students and their parents pay relate to the...
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Letter: Get the equality argument right
Baroness Blackstone points out that young people from poorer backgrounds do not pay tuition fees, implying that there is, therefore, no reason for them to be deterred from entering higher education...
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TV & Radio guide - Friday
Zero Gravity (11.00 am R4). The creative potential of weightlessness, with a group of Moscow-based dancers, acrobats and filmmakers. Sounds like the kind of programme that would look better with...
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Higher Channels
"It starts with good intentions, then we all end up in a huge room sitting on golden chairs listening to boring speeches." This could be said of quite a few grand projects, but Nick Fraser is in fact...
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Peace is a dangerous business
Can Northern Ireland find peace? Chris Gibson, pro-chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, and new chairman of the country's Civic Forum, shares his insights with Anne McHardy. As Bill Clinton...
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The future of history is a cyber map
Andrew Prescott explains how new technology is making a massive local history archive available to the public. Few commemorative projects have proved as long-lasting or monumental as the Victoria...
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A Victorian guide to checking out in style
Those Victorians really knew how to say goodbye, says James Stevens Curl, as he unearths Victorian attitudes to death in the run up to next month's centenary of Queen Victoria's demise. People are...
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Why Tate went to the dogs
With the award of its annual Turner prize, the Tate is back in the firing line, but the gallery is not afraid of a little criticism, as Kate Worsley reports. Imagine picking up one of Tate &...
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Grey areas on the blacklist
The received wisdom is not the whole story, writes Brian Josephson.Robert Park’s book is basically an attack on dubious science, which he calls “voodoo science”. Categories discussed include: claimed...
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Latest UK news
Students anxious over fee plans Students at Britain’s leading universities are to meet vice-chancellors today to press the case against higher tuition fees. Hamish Common, president of...