Poetry of uncertainty
IN ACCUSING me of not being able to rhyme, (THES, November 15) Peter Knight clearly does not know his rhyme from his rhythm. My entry certainly rhymed, but as "verse in the 20th century has largely...
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Fire studies alarm call
THE RECENT tragic fire in Hong Kong and near disastrous incident in the Channel Tunnel are stark reminders of the devastating power of fire and the toll it can reap on those inadequately protected...
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Funding warning
PETER KNIGHT has produced an informative and thought-provoking analysis of comparative funding of teaching between universities in his article "The funding stakes" (THES, November 15). While there is...
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Wales needs top institute
IT IS HARDLY surprising that the Welsh principals are opposed to concentrating research in separate research institutions or elite universities in Wales, and think it would be academically and...
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CVCP should back, not attack, union action
MAY I express my anger at the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals' position on the industrial action taken by university staff, as expressed by Diana Warwick (THES, November 22). If the CVCP...
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CVCP should back, not attack, union action
YOUR FRONT page lead article (THES, November 22) tells us that "Universities expect to replace lecturers with information technology". However it curiously fails to mention the intended impact of IT...
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Jung finds evolutionary allies
IN HIS ATTACK on the integrity of Jungian analysts, (THES, November 22) Richard Noll makes an unflattering comparison between the attitude we Jungians adopt to our patients and that of Ben Johnson's...
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Critics miss graduate review point
THE TIME has come for me to be "rested" from the slot in the ߣߣÊÓƵ Supplement to which I have become rather attached over the past few years. It is funny how sitting down on a Sunday...
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Tomsk touts for partners
IN THE half-light of an early November morning, frost in the air and ice on the ground, a lot of places would have some claim to beauty. Tomsk, in Siberia, looks good at any time. The main street is...
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How bacteria grew to love baseball
Stephen Jay Gould emphasises diversity and rejects the idea that evolution means progress. Just don't call him a postmodernist, writes David King. A small anecdote says a lot about Stephen Jay Gould...
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Tribal wars engulf Zaire
As desperate refugee columns criss-cross central Africa, John Beya shows how the conflict arose and became entwined with Zairean President Mobutu's oppressive regime. We ask academics if the crisis...
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If you want peace, prepare for peace
The threat of extinction that hangs over us can only be removed by abolishing war. This may take a very long time but it will never happen unless we make a start, insists Joseph Rotblat. Whatever...
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Jobs docked
Thirteen teaching and seven support staff jobs could go at Greenwich University amid union claims that plans to rationalise the university's property portfolio, including moving departments into the...
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Cross word
Coincidence or covert support? Clue 19 down in The Times crossword on Tuesday November 19, the AUT Day of Action, was "University professors, discontented, press for a rise" (7 letters). Answer :...
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Automatic slides
The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals and the Design and Artists Copyright Society have drawn up a new agreement allowing automatic copyright clearance for slides of artists' works...