Don't do it
Ruth Morse raises an important issue ("So, Doctor, what exactly is your real name?", THES , January 30). There is no legal requirement to change your name on marriage, and the simplest solution is...
Search
-
-
Love is ... desirable, but it's by no means a 'right'
In invoking too many rights as 'universal', we trivialise the ones that matter, lose our sense of moral discrimination and overlook fundamental cultural differences, argues Bhikhu Parekh The language...
-
Less of a Robin, more of a hood
Dick Turpin is often viewed as a lace-frilled gentleman robber but, writes Chris Bunting, recent research suggests that he was little more than a very violent thug Some are born great, some achieve...
-
Ambassadors, go forth and multiply
Geoff Watts reports on a scheme that aims to halt a cycle of decline in maths and science by giving undergraduate role models credit for working in schools With young people's enthusiasm for science...
-
Three enthusiastic envoys who went back to school
Helen Candy, Paul Canning and Chris Collins all chose to do a module as undergraduate ambassadors. For Candy, who was reading chemistry at the University of Southampton, it was a way of dipping a toe...
-
The chance to learn can be a lottery...
... especially for those leaving care. Local authorities have a duty to support them in higher education, but many fail to do so, finds Matt Baker Leading care organisations have warned that the...
-
Oh, the very chic of our student housing plan
Post-Hutton, the University of the M25 is running scared - right to a medal-winning Olympic ruse, writes Ted Prince What do you mean awful news really is awful news?" said our sultan of spin,...
-
Less of a Robin, more of a hood
Dick Turpin is often viewed as a lace-frilled gentleman robber but, writes Chris Bunting, recent research suggests that he was little more than a very violent thug Some are born great, some achieve...
-
Ambassadors, go forth and multiply
Geoff Watts reports on a scheme that aims to halt a cycle of decline in maths and science by giving undergraduate role models credit for working in schools With young people's enthusiasm for science...
-
Three enthusiastic envoys who went back to school
Helen Candy, Paul Canning and Chris Collins all chose to do a module as undergraduate ambassadors. For Candy, who was reading chemistry at the University of Southampton, it was a way of dipping a toe...
-
The chance to learn can be a lottery...
... especially for those leaving care. Local authorities have a duty to support them in higher education, but many fail to do so, finds Matt Baker Leading care organisations have warned that the...
-
Oh, the very chic of our student housing plan
Post-Hutton, the University of the M25 is running scared - right to a medal-winning Olympic ruse, writes Ted Prince What do you mean awful news really is awful news?" said our sultan of spin,...
-
Love is ... desirable, but it's by no means a 'right'
In invoking too many rights as 'universal', we trivialise the ones that matter, lose our sense of moral discrimination and overlook fundamental cultural differences, argues Bhikhu Parekh The language...
-
Staff training not worthy of scorn 1
Frank Furedi ("Don't underestimate managers' ability to treat you as an idiot", THES , January 30) highlights academics' fears that managers are using staff development to whip them into line with...
-
Staff training not worthy of scorn 2
"Personal development" is a hoop through which employees in most large organisations have to jump. You do not have to be a starry-eyed academic to find it patronising. The only satisfying explanation...