Darwinism is a theory of evolution based upon inherited variations in organisms and natural selection of fitter variants to produce species adapted to their habitats. Twentieth-century biology added...
Ros Ollin argues for a regulatory anchor to keep NVQs steady. The report, Learning to Succeed after Sixteen, by the National Commission on Education reiterates the need for schools, colleges and...
Under the heading "Anthem row rumbles on" (THES, May 5) I found to my surprise that I was, "in fact" a member of the "middle-of-the road Alliance Party". I am quite sure that the Alliance party...
Claire Sanders reports on some blunt advice from Europe, particularly the Netherlands. As the assessors from the funding council and the auditors from the quality council poke and probe their way...
I recently heard Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education, on the BBC World Service attempting to justify a reduction of school funding and the resulting deterioration of the teacher/pupil...
It is to be hoped that the subtle and sensitive negotiations aiming to streamline the national approach to quality assurance are concluded quickly, and in such a way as to minimise the expenditure of...
May Day saw the NUS release details of its latest student hardship survey. The survey found that one in three students actually miss meals because of hardship; one in four consider dropping out...
I was dismayed to read your front-page story "Follow my Labour" (THES, May 5). Not only are issues in the article confused, I am inclined to believe that the text was conveniently put together to fit...
To begin to "prove" his radical ideas, one wonders if Rupert Sheldrake ("Dogmas and pet theories", THES, May 5) made a bid for an experiment in the recent series of experiments performed in the "...
The celebration of adult learners' week next week, and VE Day this week, are well-timed. The generation that fought the Second World War and then voted in a Labour government and a welfare state are...
Funding is at the heart of the debate on the future of higher education. Lecturer's leader David Triesman, is right to say that new sources of funding have to be found to enable the system to expand...
Mounting anger and frustration at the lack of progress in pay talks has brought staff at Victoria University of Wellington to the brink of what could be New Zealand's first academic strike. The...
Tensions in Dutch higher education are growing with the blurring of distinctions between universities and colleges for higher vocational training, or Hogeschulen, following each's steady expansion...
The Iraqi invasion of 1990 and the subsequent Nintendo war may be fading fast from the West's public consciousness, but Kuwait's recovery process will place a severe burden on the country for years...
Twenty years after the war ended, Vietnam veterans are complaining that they have been denied jobs in universities in the United States because those in charge of higher education never served in the...