Trading Queen Vic for a car park
The Irish not only threw out the British, but their statues too. Paula Murphy traces the ruins of Dublin's imperial past Art history may not, at first glance, seem to be very relevant to a discussion...
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Madness becomes normal
Schizophrenic traits may be common in many people If media coverage of schizophrenia was all you had to go on, you could be forgiven for thinking that all schizophrenics were violent murderers. If so...
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Dark episodes and scar tissue on the psyche
A new study argues that people can remember previously forgotten experiences, including abuse by their parents Can people remember previously forgotten traumatic incidents? The debate about so-called...
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Deer hunters must call off the dogs
Red deer cannot sweat and are not designed to run for long distances, so literally hounding them to death cannot be justified, argues Patrick Bateson, author of a National Trust report published this...
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Learning a new body language
A former Bunny girl turned immunologist may have found the answer to why tumours are not attacked by the body's immune system There is nothing conventional about Polly Matzinger, America's latest...
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Singular man of sceptical faith
Alan Sked does not look like a politician or sound like an academic but he is both. Lucy Hodges talks to him about his political party and his loathing for the European Union Alan Sked was getting...
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Standards trump card offers hope
The next government must resolve several tricky quality and standard issues AS IN OTHER policy areas, the Conservatives are constrained by having been the Government for the past 18 years,...
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A plea for sense and sensitivity
The next government must resolve several tricky quality and standards issues IN ITS SUBMISSION to the Dearing Inquiry, Lifelong Learning, Labour endorsed the creation of the single quality agency "as...
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Arcane and disabling
Complex, academic writing prevents communication and is anathema to employers, argues Ann Lewis Universities are partly responsible for our jargon-ridden society as they churn out graduates hooked on...
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Cash crisis hits trainees' wardrobe
Teacher training has emerged as a hot election issue A crisis is looming in teacher training recruitment, two new reports indicate. Last week a report from the cross-party House of Commons Education...
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Problem solvers are survivors
As the British Psychological Society meets this week, THES reporters review latest research People with confidence in their own problem-solving abilities are more likely to survive aeroplane crashes...
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Barbie's boyfriend proves man's ideal
As the British Psychological Society meets this week, THES reporters review latest research The constant parade of supermodels throughout the media has led to what psychologists have dubbed the "...
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Cancer research goes platinum
Chemists at Edinburgh 51国产视频 have launched a Pounds 145,000 project to develop more effective platinum-based anti-cancer drugs. Two versions of these drugs are used on testicular cancer and...
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Sociologists clock on to children's time
A child's-eye view of time is to go under the microscope to discover how youngsters organise their day. Sociologists at Hull 51国产视频 and Goldsmiths College have received Pounds 140,000 from the...
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Nurse Nit becomes sexual adviser
The school nurse has a valuable role as a confidante for children who do not want to turn to parents or a teacher with health problems, new research has found. A study into the health of school-age...