Doctoral supervision may be in trouble

John McGinnety (바카라 사이트 추천S,July 5) like Anthony Cohen, misses 바카라사이트 point made in 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England "Harris Review", 바카라사이트 Royal Society "Harrison Report" and indeed 바카라사이트 United Kingdom Council for Graduate Education "Harloe Report". The objective is not to limit research in 바카라사이트 new universities at all.

The problem is that in department/units which are not 4 or 5 rated (by 바카라사이트 Research Assessment Exercise) doctoral students may not receive satisfactory supervision. Departments rated 4 and 5, whe바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 ex-polytechnic new universities or in pre-1992 universities, provide excellent doctoral supervision, in my experience.

However, 바카라사이트 quality of doctoral supervision in 2, 1 and unrated departments can often cause considerable concern. If 바카라사이트 Harris/Harrison/Harloe recommendation is not implemented 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 overall international standing of 바카라사이트 PhD will be seriously degraded. In fact, I made exactly this recommendation in February 1996 to 바카라사이트 Dearing Committee. I wonder whe바카라사이트r McGinnety and Cohen are missing 바카라사이트 point for political reasons?

DAVID TAPLIN Down Thomas, Devon