Only safe in a lover's arms
Besides the Chernobyls, Brent Spars and other man-made disasters of our time, German sociologist Ulrich Beck's thoughts are turning to love. David Walker reports Look at a map, preferably one in a...
Besides the Chernobyls, Brent Spars and other man-made disasters of our time, German sociologist Ulrich Beck's thoughts are turning to love. David Walker reports Look at a map, preferably one in a...
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER The following chairs have been appointed: Jeremy Black, former professor of history at the University of Durham; Lammy Betten, associate professor in labour law and social...
Weekly, the media highlight another threat to human health - from BSE to powdered baby milk. But how much do we really know about such risks? Since 1987 the Society for Risk Analysis - Europe has...
How can the insurance industry's record losses from natural disasters in recent years be reduced? Howard Kunreuther has some solutions The insurance industry is gravely concerned that it cannot...
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY European funds Dr D. Dickenson, Pounds 393,443 from the BIOMED 2 programme of the EC (collaborative development of European biomedical ethics practitioner education). UNIVERSITY...
How much do the media affect public perception of hazard? Quite a lot, according to a recent American survey. John Davies reports If we know more about health hazards than we used to it is thanks to...
CITY UNIVERSITY, LONDON DCL: Peter Taylor, lord chief justice; Michael Cassidy, chairman of the policy and resources committee at the Corporation of London. DSc: Brian Pitman, chief executive of...
What makes some people feel more at risk than others? asks Lennart Sjoberg Striking differences between the attitudes of different European peoples to radiation risks are emerging in a five nation...
Smith, Marcus and Peacock (THES, Letters, May 17) blame the breakdown of talks on terms and conditions for local authority-employed FE staff on the "cynicism" of the employers' side. Their attitude...
The article on sectarianism in Ulster colleges (THES, May 3) painted a very negative picture of student attitudes in Northern Ireland. It failed to focus on the community relations work being carried...
Noel McAdam (THES, May 3) gave a misleading impression of segregation at Northern Ireland's two universities by stating Protestants travel "up to 25 miles to avoid studying in the same universities...
Degree standards have been maintained by the switch in emphasis from exams to course work. We have been living through a decade and more of a declining unit of resource in British universities while...
It has been interesting to read reports of reactions to South Africa's national commission on the future of higher education discussion document. I was privileged to attend the recent Salzburg...
A favourite Dutch saying is: "Ordinary is extraordinary enough." The expression says much about Dutch attitudes. Common sense, pragmatism and (false) modesty are important values. This has left its...
When Francis Crick began researching consciousness it was a relatively unploughed field. Now, he tells Kam Patel, it has become crowded with interlopers. It is a cool, sunny day in San Diego and from...