Cultural bill paid for Scottish autonomy
I have often wondered why the Scots have preferred to be ruled by the Parliament in London rather than by a parliament of their own. In a stimulating article ("Hanging out with the big boys", THES,...
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Practice with a clearer purpose
Gordon Kirk suggests a strategy for improving the effectiveness and credibility of the external examining system In the recent report by the Higher Education Quality Council, Learning from Audit, the...
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Conflict not one of culture
In his article (THES, December 9) on the conflict between the late Trevor Aston and me Valentine Cunningham says, "Dover confesses to having no visual sense at all". I have never made such a "...
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Missed chances on fees
It is good to learn that Tessa Blackstone ". . . now believe(s) that it would make sense to require students to contribute to these (ie their tuition) costs . . ." However her article in your issue...
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Early tea and sympathy
In Stella Hughes's description of the exhibition L'Enfance au Moyen Age in Paris (THES, December 23) as another "demolition" of Aries's theory that children were not given playthings in the Middle...
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Finding one's own Nietzche
May I correct a matter of fact in the review by David Albury (THES, December 23) of my book Degrees of Difference, higher education in the 1990s? Far from seeking to "silence" the interviewees quoted...
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How are sound degrees to be paid for?
The confidence of THES readers in the standard of British degrees has plummeted in the past two years. And our readers are the group best placed to know. Of course, replies to this kind of readers'...
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Dwarves at the feet of giants
An enduring reminder to scholars of the humanities is set in the windows of Chartres cathedral. On top of each of the four great Old Testament prophets stands a small evangelist, using his prophet as...
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Aliens law draws academic fire
Students, university officials and politicians throughout Germany have called on higher education institutions to check racism, discrimination and xenophobia. The "Marburg Declaration", the outcome...
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President's tax cut fails to win support
United States president Bill Clinton's plan for a middle-class tax cut -- allowing families to offset up to $10,000 of college tuition against tax -- is under fire from the higher education world....
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Black woman breaks into higher echelon
Smith College, one of the United States' most prestigious women's higher education institutions, has chosen a black woman, daughter of sharecroppers, to be its next president. The decision by Smith,...
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Ex-cons and dons
The spirit of the literary sideswipe has penetrated to other media -- a recent episode of Radio Four's The Moral Maze on the value or otherwise of prisons found chair Michael Buerk summing up an ex-...
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Cool for Catz
Next time the Higher Education Funding Council for England seeks a new chief, tipsters would be well advised to keep an eye open for the chaps from Catz. Departing chief executive Graeme Davies...
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Ward award
The New Year's honours list contained a special surprise for lecturers' union leaders. Among those honoured with a CBE for services to higher education was their favourite adversary, Roger Ward, the...
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Psychiatric researchers give Bottomley a free consultation
Scientists at the Institute of Psychiatry, rated last year as producer of the world's highest impact health care research, took advantage of the captive audience of Virginia Bottomley last week to...