Sociology's malaise
David Walker is right to argue that sociology has lost its way . The subject has become the victim of its own embourgoisement. Chairs of sociology and new journals proliferate; a comfortable niche...
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Sociology's malaise
While many of the points David Walker makes about sociology hit home (he is not alone in regretting the "lost vitality" of the discipline), the wish to pin the blame on sociologists, rather than on...
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Equality: the modern myth
Australia has "such a strong egalitarian culture" ? (THES, March 17). According to the United Nation's 1994 Human Development Report, the poorest 40 per cent of Australian homes accounted for 15.5...
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We must use the technology
Foresight panels had a rocky start but should now carry on.Ben Gill explains. The 1993 White Paper Realising Our Potential highlighted the need to make wealth creation the major driver in...
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Sociology's malaise
May I say, as a now formally retired sociologist, how very much I agree with David Walker's criticism of the profession. What we have now are, on the one hand, so-called policy oriented quantitative...
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Sociology's malaise
David Walker's periodic laments for the condition of sociology rarely receive the serious response that they deserve (THES, March 17). I think, though, that three comments might be made about his...
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Intellectual rights of way
Battle with CBI on intellectual rights" states that "universities should have complete initial control of intellectual property rights on collaborative research projects, says the Higher Education...
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Poor pickings for the profs
Are vice chancellors overpaid? Probably not compared with those in equivalent jobs. But they are well paid and their staff are not. This disparity causes jealousy and friction. There is also still...
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Students end strike in Brittany
A five-week strike by students aimed at highlighting their harsh financial circumstances has ended at Rennes 2 University in Brittany. The students were demanding the withdrawal of government reform...
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Ward doing right thing for teachers
Comments, (THES, March 17), about Roger Ward, chief executive of the Colleges Employers Forum, ignored the fact that he has struck hard-won deals on flexible contracts and pay with ACM, ATL and...
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Trust me, I am a scientist
Sitting in front of a row of MPs this month was Sir Walter Bodmer, a geneticist who is director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and chairman of the Committee on the Public Understanding of...
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Bell tolls for science
The Wellcome Trust, in justifying its decision to fund more research outside the United Kingdom, uses a motley collection of arguments: some research in biomedical sciences is better done elsewhere:...
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Universities blamed for lack of leadership in bringing change
Disappointment with the role of many east European great universities in the reform of higher education has been expressed by Lord Dahrendorf, warden of St Anthony's College, Oxford. Speaking in...
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Israel ties science knot
Britain and Israel have announced an increase in support for a bilateral science and technology research fund. Following last week's meeting between prime ministers John Major and Yitzhak Rabin, a...
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Australia competes on quality
Quality monitoring processes in Australia's public universities have improved markedly over the past 12 months, according to the government's quality audit committee. In its second report since 1993...