Traditionally, the discipline of law in England, as reflected in the practice of judges, advocates, scholars or teachers, has been sceptical, pragmatic, and inductive and it is hard see why the Human...
The first implication of the Human Rights Act for social policy teachers relates to teaching and learning strategies. Acquiring knowledge of the relevant articles could encourage more rote learning...
The one in six couples who are infertile are among those awaiting the coming of the act. They will ask whether they are denied their human rights by the National Health Service or the private clinics...
Small proze for man, a giant leap for mankind. Laureates reveal what winning meant to them Joseph Rotblat won the Nobel peace prize in 1995 in association with the Pugwash Conferences on science and...
Small proze for man, a giant leap for mankind. Laureates reveal what winning meant to them Nigerian Wole Soyinka won the Nobel prize for literature in 1986 as a writer "who in a wide cultural...
Small proze for man, a giant leap for mankind. Laureates reveal what winning meant to them Sir John Walker was awarded the Nobel for chemistry in 1997 for elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism...
John Davies anatomises the broadcasting week (all times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week Simon Schama's epic History of Britain series starts on BBC2 with two one-hour episodes (Saturday 8.05 (...
The Nobel Foundation is 100 next month. Asa Briggs looks for patterns in a history of excellence, while, below, laureates reveal what winning meant to hem When a bestselling American book, In Search...
I was horrified by my article "Turning science fiction into fact" (Research, THES, September 8), and I hoped for a week that no one in the academic science-fiction community would notice. But they...
Forgive me for questioning the accuracy of your report on my contribution to the debate on widening access to higher education at the European Access Network annual convention in Santiago de...
Nick Crossley says that student protests are a thing of the past - at least in Greater Manchester From Paulsgrove to Prague, via gridlocked roads and empty fuel stations, protest has been in the air...
Petrol station design is the ultimate form of modern international architecture - unique to the 20th century and produced on a mass scale. Petrol itself is not a desirable product, which goes a long...
Tony Tysome Universities and colleges have warned that the standing of foundation degrees and the integrity of higher education have been jeopardised by proposals for a national qualifications...
Senior civil servants backed off from advising ministers to intervene directly in the Scottish Qualifications Authority examinations debacle. This reluctance to take what was described as the "...
Subjects and institutions that have been traditionally the preserve of the rich have proved the most popular for online clearing searches, writes Alison Goddard. Law was the most popular subject for...