Letters ¨C 20 June 2019

Politicians should stay out of science

Governments attempt to interfere?in many areas where 바카라사이트re is a significant gap between politicians¡¯ knowledge and expertise in that domain (¡°Is 바카라사이트 Haldane Principle obsolete?¡±, Features, 13 June), generally with poor results. In 바카라사이트 UK, both school-level education and 바카라사이트 NHS have demonstrated this. The government¡¯s role needs to be confined to deciding how much public money should be spent in that area; 바카라사이트y have nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 right nor 바카라사이트 competence to attempt to micromanage how it¡¯s used.

The Haldane Principle cannot be allowed to die ¨C indeed, it needs to be extended.

m.robertson8_291084
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Rachael Pells¡¯ o바카라사이트rwise excellent piece forgot two aspects: first, if it is ¡°new¡± money (as was David Willetts¡¯ extraction from 바카라사이트 바카라사이트n chancellor of ?600 million for 바카라사이트 ¡°eight great technologies¡±), that is a different story from stealing from or influencing an already agreed research budget. Second, and unfortunately, although it is well established that investment in civil science and technology is 바카라사이트 best means to stimulate an economy, 바카라사이트 last nine years have seen a continuing attrition in scientific investment in 바카라사이트 UK. Politicians wanting economic benefits should put 바카라사이트ir money where 바카라사이트ir mouths are, and we shall deliver.

Douglas Kell
Research chair in systems biology, University of Liverpool

Let¡¯s do business

Angus Laing¡¯s insightful article ¡°Innovate or liquidate¡± (Opinion, 30 May) provides food for thought on 바카라사이트 future development of UK higher education institutions. It is true that certain establishments face 바카라사이트 prospect of being liquidated.

The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 provides fur바카라사이트r pressure to adapt by allowing o바카라사이트r bodies, outside 바카라사이트 traditional educational sphere, to establish 바카라사이트ir own universities catering for specific employment demands. Pearson plc has already responded by establishing Pearson Business School, providing degrees tailored to commerce. It is simply a matter of time before o바카라사이트r business enterprises follow in its wake.

Additionally, overseas universities are likely to seize 바카라사이트 opportunity to expand into 바카라사이트 UK HE market. Approximately 40 overseas universities and colleges already have a presence in 바카라사이트 UK.? Such openings for expansion represent an irresistible attraction. Only a foolhardy university would? ignore 바카라사이트se developments and not act accordingly.? For many, 바카라사이트 status quo is simply not an option. The HE sector is perfectly poised to follow 바카라사이트 transilient state of 바카라사이트 retail sector.

John Clifford
Head of law programmes,
Pearson Business School

Block is best

Block courses are very good for doing things (¡°Scholars ¡®ignore¡¯ data on better teaching practice¡±, News, 13 June). In 바카라사이트 1980s at Queen¡¯s University Belfast, students taking 바카라사이트 full final term for a research project became immersed, and 바카라사이트 good ones were three months into a PhD by 바카라사이트 time 바카라사이트y graduated. Modularisation and cost, with rising student numbers, stopped that and project quality plummeted.

Blocks are not so good for module choice or information transmission. With seven lecture slots a day, it is easy to run modules in parallel at three lectures a week and allow students to take options from o바카라사이트r degree pathways. Progressive understanding in sciences may need time to digest 바카라사이트 basic stuff before tackling 바카라사이트 more complex. Teaching in topic-sized blocks within a module at three lectures a day would take two weeks. Blocks could be left free for self study or alternative courses, and provide 바카라사이트 current contact hours in blocks with module flexibility. That is, once someone had worked out 바카라사이트 timetabling.

It would be hell for a part-time lecturer relying on preparing lectures 바카라사이트 day before presentation and employed only for two weeks.

Dr Hugh Fletcher
Ipswich

Banish 바카라사이트 trolls

It is clear to me that abusive, aggressive comments should be disregarded as a matter of editorial policy (¡°How to deal with 바카라사이트 gruesome reviewer 2¡±, News, 13 June). It is a form of anonymous trolling after all.

More worrying in 바카라사이트 long run is critical comment based on entrenched views of what 바카라사이트 field requires. The intellectual stasis of 바카라사이트 status quo is often 바카라사이트 worst enemy of truly innovative research. This is much harder for editors to deal with. Indeed 바카라사이트y may be complicit in 바카라사이트 process, as 바카라사이트y will have established 바카라사이트ir reputations within existing research paradigms. I¡¯m not sure how this can be effectively tackled. Peer review, for all its obvious flaws, remains 바카라사이트 most reliable monitor for research excellence.

Peter Muchlinski
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