Safe sex, safer publishers
A study found that images in safer sex material reinforce the social construction of men as sexually active and adventurous and of women as sexually uninterested and passive. But the images were...
A study found that images in safer sex material reinforce the social construction of men as sexually active and adventurous and of women as sexually uninterested and passive. But the images were...
Stephen Neal, group publishing director, Taylor and Francis, defended the decision not to publish the offending illustrations. "Any publisher has the right to determine what is appropriate for their...
(Photograph) - Gay men are offered material that represents safe sex as fun, highly erotic, imaginative and pleasurable (left) but that for heterosexual women (right) is devoid of any suggestion of...
The discovery of my own weakness was the first symptom of taste" - Edward Gibbon's words must spring to mind when anyone is courageous enough to speak about the relationship of the universal and the...
Tuesday. Three days before I am officially back on the payroll after maternity leave. It takes an hour to come round from a night of sleep broken by my ten-week-old son. Spend this hour over...
The Higher Education Funding Council for England proposals for the development of quality assurance received a pretty severe mauling by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. The strong...
What's my line? My garden is a jungle My sink is a tower block My clothes have liberated themselves, I have to tread carefully in my study. Yes it's the summer vac and I am joyfully obsessed,...
Few in universities will be surprised by the statement that time spent on research has declined since the 1986 funding changes. The demands of an increased teaching load, increased administration and...
Claire Sanders's article on the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals main committee meeting at which v-cs discussed Higher Education Funding Council for England proposals for the future of...
Lucy Hodges in her summary (THES, June 9) of the recent World Bank report on higher education in Eastern Europe, quotes the example of Romanian student protest at hostel overcrowding in support for...
Oxford is in so many ways all that a university ought to be, it has no centre. It does take teaching and research seriously, your editorial says (THES, June 16). As a United States citizen who has...
You report that Stephen Rouse, chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association, expressed surprise at the robust rejection by the unions, AUCL and Natfhe, of the recent 2.5...
French researchers cannot find an explanation for the sudden popularity of the name Kevin in France (THES, June 16). They have not used much imagination, having restricted their search to American...
The National Commission on Education's alternative student loan scheme is the best option, argues Christopher Johnson. The Government has succeeded beyond expectations in increasing the demand for...
After reading the interview with Deborah Tannen (THES, June 9), I wondered, not for the first time, whether media treatment of her has something to do with the fact that her work is about gender. I...