Constructed criticism
In trying to marginalise the sociology of scientific knowledge into its own little ghetto, Steven Weinberg ("A zing of truth", THES, January 6) asserts what he takes to be a forceful analogy -- that...
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All right, said Fred
Just because he declared that God is dead and was the initiator of the post-modern period does not justify The THES ("Finding one's own Nietzche" Letters, January 6) adopting the psuedo-metaphysical...
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Maths days are not numbered
While the debate over the standards of the questions in University Challenge continues, the lectures "for children" from The Royal Institution shown on BBC 2 after Christmas only serve to underline a...
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Maths days are not numbered
The news about dropping mathematics degrees at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education should not pass without comment (THES, December 23). Under-recruitment to courses in which...
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Poll to tax the brain
Can I add my voice to that diminishing minority questioning the efficacy of a graduate tax ("How are sound degrees to be paid for?" THES, January 6)? Each year almost half our graduates enter the...
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Poll to tax the brain
You report the results of a MORI poll and a readership poll (THES, January 6) that include the statement "students from well-off families should contribute to tuition costs". The majority of a sample...
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Chartering a smoother course
I read with interest Jim Parlour ("Charters which change little", Opinion, THES December 30). While I would agree that the Department for Education and the National Union of Students charters...
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Student holds class hostage
Thirty-five students and their professor were held hostage for two-and-a-half hours by a rifle-wielding psychology student at the State University of New York at Albany. Instead of a lecture on the...
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Australia links qualifications
The Australian federal government has obtained the agreement of states and territories to introduce a unified qualifications framework. Under the agreement, a national qualifications board was...
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Asians accused of fees' abuse
A special federal government committee is expected to investigate claims that wealthy Asian students are abusing Australia's support and fee systems and costing the Australian taxpayer millions of...
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Running with an open mind
A vigorous debate has started around questions of university governance and accountability. The debate is particularly sharp in the new universities and colleges, where the 1992 Further and Higher...
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Degrees of simplicity
From the beginning of January Australia's three education sectors -- higher education, technical and further education, and schools -- have been connected through a new unified qualifications system...
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Graduate grouses
Is the latest finding from the Association of Graduate Recruiters -- which shows that while the pool of graduates has grown, a fifth of leading employers report a shortfall in graduate recruitment...
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Fraternity hazing rituals come to court
Violent initiation rites at United States universities and colleges, in which students are required to undergo beatings, punchings, branding and alcohol abuse before they are able to join...
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Putting the bite on Africa
Karen Mac Gregor meets the dentist who is chair of South Africa's first National Education Commission Jairam Reddy trod the political tightrope that has become the lot of vice chancellors at...