Gambling on a tick in the right boxes
Mohammed Al-Mousawi (THES, September 1) may have revealed prejudice in the medical school admissions procedure but it is not linked to race. Gareth Harrison (predicted four As and one B) was offered...
Mohammed Al-Mousawi (THES, September 1) may have revealed prejudice in the medical school admissions procedure but it is not linked to race. Gareth Harrison (predicted four As and one B) was offered...
United States politics being an ugly game, it was predictable that Congress Republicans should get accountants to pick apart Bill Clinton's pet AmeriCorps programme. Under the programme, launched by...
A bill proposing that Israeli universities accept any undergraduate candidate who has passed the high-school matriculation exam has raised fears of longer degree courses. The parliamentary education...
What is all the fuss about foundation years? Are the recent front-page "revelations" about "universities for failures" any more than a new slant on the same old standards scandal that always surfaces...
The Trades Union Congress has warmed to HE, says David Triesman. The Trades Union Congress begins in Brighton next Monday, a week later than normal - a fact which may represent the TUC's greatest...
I read "The Common Health Games" (THES, August 25) with alarm. The recent Government interest in new facilities and increased support for sports men and women attempting to achieve at the highest...
Former University of Ulster sociologists, Ronaldo Munck and Honor Fagan, are in hiding on a boat in Durban's marina, living in fear of their lives. They are being protected by an armed guard provided...
Richard Cox says Durham University operates an "affirmative recruitment policy for outstanding athletes". Certainly we welcome and encourage applictions from people who combine academic quality with...
I appreciate Brad Blitz's writing (THES, September 1) that the Yugoslav National Army went into Croatia and Bosnia "before the international community recognised Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina". This...
When is a lemon not a lemon? Readers of The THES (Sepember 1) might well have pondered this question when a picture of Leicester University's 16-acre Harold Martin Botanic Garden showed senior...
The THES (August 21), ministers and "experts" have expressed surprise and bewilderment at low GNVQ completion rates but the reasons and solutions for these are known and were well documented by Andy...
In "Dial-a-course by touch phone cuts paperwork" (THES, August 25), it is reported that for the first time in Australia, and possibly the world, students seeking a university place in Victoria will...
On August The Sunday Times revealed that some universities were accepting some school leavers with poor A level results on to foundation courses. Ignoring the fact that these students had to complete...
Karen Mac Gregor on the troubles rocking the predominantly Indian University of Durban-Westville. Internal politics over the past year at South Africa's University of Durban-Westville has degenerated...
A new government policy designed to protect United States workers by limiting the number of foreigners that universities recruit is threatening the country's ability to compete globally in science...