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Might the ¡°hostility, sometimes bordering on hatred¡± that troubles Peter Crisp, chief executive and dean of BPP Law School, be due, at least in part, to public pronouncements made by his predecessors? (¡°Sound and fury¡±, 24 January.) For example, in an article in the national press a few years ago, Charles Prior (one ¡°P¡± in BPP) stated: ¡°Our staff are not distracted by research. In fact, I am unlikely to employ someone from a university.¡±

Should we be concerned by the conferment of degree-awarding powers on BPP in light of such statements?

Richard M.S. Wilson
Emeritus professor
Loughborough University