Eastern horizons of the art and science of governing
Japanese Journal of Political Science
Japanese Journal of Political Science
Past and Present
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from the only novel of this Yorkshire Moors author: "1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my...
Ethnicities
Frank Furedi ("Get rid of those professional stabilisers", THES , October 17) may be right to suggest a counselling culture can cause some people to exaggerate their mental ill health and...
It is the time of year when our BSc therapeutic counselling students get to grips with sociological aspects of the profession. Frank Furedi's article will be a useful resource. It raises important...
The phrase "since the 2001 al-Qaida attacks" was wrongly attributed to me. In my view, "al-Qaida", as an omnipotent terrorist organisation, is a figment of the US media's imagination and there's no...
I have much sympathy with the Higher Education Funding Council for England's wish to maintain the "cherished principle" that similar courses should receive public funding at similar levels ("Fees...
Some may fear the prospect of the National Health Service University poaching pre-registration nursing education ("Health academics voice fears over NHSU takeover", THES , October 17), others may not...
The photograph accompanying "Night light hinders UK astronomers" ( THES , October 17) was not an example of light pollution that prevents us observing the night sky but a perfect image of the Milky...
I was alarmed by Frank Furedi's selective use of our 2001-02 survey data on counselling in higher and further education. In trumpeting his claims of a rampant "therapy culture" in British...
Some of the most academically brilliant students have some form of psychological problem. Would Frank Furedi rather they were not supported in a way that enables them to fulfil their potential? Would...
The news story "Mentors count personal costs" ( THES , October 17) thankfully, but unknowingly, pre-empted Frank Furedi's provocative twaddle. Student mentors, who do not have their own mentors,...
No reasonable person can defend ignorant or intemperate denunciations or harassment of other scholars, be they pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian ("Forget reds under the bed, there's Arabs in the attic...