Staff governors' role
David Charter's article on staff governors like the beginnings of an archaeological dig, unearths issues of much deeper significance. Should the governance model of universities and colleges be based...
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Quest for an IQ test
James Tooley's proposal that children should be issued with an IQ certificate deserves more serious thought than that given to it by Richard Pring. The proposal has considerable merit, but is capable...
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Quest for an IQ test
May I insert one or two conceptual points into the debate on intelligence testing (THES, July 7, 14 ) before it takes off again on predictable lines? Establishing what is intelligence is a conceptual...
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Citizens get in the Scene
Alan Irwin's welcome article on Citizen Service (THES, July 21) promotes the virtues of students using their degree-level knowledge for the benefit of the under-resourced local community. From the...
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Exclusion zone fears
There are a good many serious threats to academic freedom in this country, but the tyranny of "theory" is not one of them. If "theory" is about anything it is about opening up spaces for those who...
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Exclusion zone fears
Although the plight outlined by your understandably anonymous contributor ("Sacred cows' herd instincts", THES, July 21) is a familiar one, the exclusion experienced by him/her is by no means...
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Suicides linked to poverty
Bristol University research into suicide and attempted suicide supports the importance of social policy measures in improving mental health. Researchers in the department of social medicine examined...
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Shopping malls win youth vote
The Government's dismay over the phenomenal growth of out-of-town shopping centres is not shared by youngsters who shop and socialise there. John Gummer, Secretary of State for the Environment, moved...
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Estuaries give industry tip
An examination of estuaries in Argentina is expected to give clues to the environmental damage caused by industrialisation. Researchers at Plymouth University are conducting a four-year investigation...
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Imperial appoints medical principal
Imperial College is reversing London's medical brain drain with the appointment of Christopher Edwards, dean of Edinburgh University's faculty of medicine, as principal of its new medical school. The...
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Title fight
Eric Forth, the new higher education minister, has been given the summer to solve the thorny issue of the "university college" title for colleges of higher education. Last week the Committee of Vice...
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Student returns
Child prodigy Adam Dent is to return to Oxford after the Director of Public Prosecutions decided he will face no charges arising from claims against him by a female student. Chemistry student Mr Dent...
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Spirit of the Dock
(Photograph) - Spirit of the Dock: A passer-by admires Maggie Gregory's sculpture, part of a joint University of East London and London Docklands Development Corporation exhibition called 'Sculpture...
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Transfer warning
The "frenzied" transfer of top academics in the build-up to the research assessment exercise could backfire on universities, the Higher Education Funding Council for England has warned. Panels will...
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Computer safety rules 'ignored'
Health and Safety Council guidance on the use of computers is so vague and outdated that several older universities are ignoring it and are jeopardising staff by classifying them as non-users, claims...