Intellectual rights of way
The supposed "Battle with CBI on intellectual rights" (THES, March 17) provoked by the Higher Education Funding Council for England decision on GR (funding for collaborative research) is doubly...
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Building the professions
We should like to comment on some of the points made in Peter Smith's article (THES, February 24). Professor Smith complains that "architect" does not feature as an NVQ title. This is because...
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Percentage error
Of the 96 providers of computer science, only 10 or 9.6 per cent, were assessed as excellent" (THES, March 17). Presumably this calcuation was done by one of the others, using a Pentium-based PC ?...
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Masters of many universes
Students now need to be expert in more than one subject in order to answer the major questions posed by modern society, argues Colin MacCabe. The call to interdisciplinarity is almost as old as the...
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BMA powerless to investigate Keele
The British Medical Association has been dismayed by the reporting of its discussions ("BMA to investigate Keele team" THES, February 24). The article is erroneous in stating that the BMA's ethics...
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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...