Times Higher Education Supplement 2007 - Abstracts

Times Higher Education Supplement 2007
TitleSubjectAuthors
A course to take us into the future.(science degrees)EducationJim Al-Khalili
A dark stain under a shining deed.(slavery)EducationJames Walvin
A global calamity the world forgot.(avian flu)EducationGuy Beiner
A global reach for mind and mouth.(linguistic diversity in United Kingdom)EducationNick Saville
A house is so much more than a home.EducationSusan Smith, Leif Jerram
A lottery in which we would all win.EducationBob Brecher
A maid of one's own.(servant-master relations)EducationAllison Light, Carolyn Steedman
Ancients battle for survival.(language education)EducationRobert Mighall, Michael North
A partial solution to widening the skills base.EducationDavid Latchman
A positive thinker with a keen eye for the big planetary picture.(Sir Gordon Conway)(Royal Geographical Society)EducationNick Smith
A storm surge of people power.EducationLawrence Powell
A trailblazer rescued from a footnote.EducationKeith Sutherland
Attention, s'ilvous plait.(studying foreign language)EducationMichael Kelly
Avant-garde is alive in our creative workshops.(reform of art schools)EducationAnne Bamford
A Victorian idea that could do with restoration.EducationNeil Garrod, Bruce Macfarlane
A vote for anarchy.(Jacques Ranciere)EducationJulian Baggini
A word from your sponsor?EducationDavid Cantor
Baby-boomers crisis warning.EducationStephen Strauss
Beauty is in the ear of the well informed.EducationPaul Bloom
Behind the web of lies.EducationHannah Devlin
Belarus police pursue dissident draft dodgers.EducationVera Rich
Beware of fame-hungry climate change deniers.(environment related documents)EducationBob Ward
Bid for better world starts here.EducationChloe Stothart, Jessica Shephard
Big antlers will drag you down.EducationTim Birkhead
Big government, enormous turnoff.(elections)EducationPaul Whiteley
Blind faith.(measures for national security)EducationAnthony Glees
Bradford link stirred PM to press Shah to free academic detainee.(Harold Wilson)EducationHuw Richard
Brazilians taught the fine art of revolution.EducationGibby Zobel
Buy the book.(textbooks)EducationMargaret Hewinson
Caliphate: A fantasy worth dying for?EducationRobert Irwin
Che didn't need a degree in revolution....(Che Guevara)EducationMatt Salusbury
Chinese dragon's double vision.EducationRana Mitter
Classics never grow old.EducationAnthony Freeman
Clinical cost of making headlines.EducationBen Goldacre
Clinton enters degree dispute.(Hillary Clinton )EducationFaisal Al Yafai
Cold (war) comfort.(antiterrorism measures)EducationPeter Hennessy
Colleges may be liable over degree cheats.EducationStephen Strauss
Common faith in a brighter future.(Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations )EducationNathan Jaffay
Concern at bid to move nurse education cash to Hefce.(Higher Education Funding Council for England)Education 
Consider the ins and outs.(all rounder tutor)EducationGina Wisker
Convivial conversation.EducationLeo Mellor
Cosine of the times.(motivating students)EducationClaire Morris
Cosy up to your pal the deadline.EducationKevin Fong
Council shifts focus in Russia.(British Council's education policy)EducationNick Holdsworth
Couples deserve better than this.EducationSarah Beresford, Caroline Falkus
Creativity of two cultures.(science and writing)EducationDavid Morley
Cross-fertilize and watch ideas bloom.EducationStephen Phillips, Agnela Shaw
Curb on corruption.(teachers recruitment)EducationPaul Bompard
Different is ok, but inequality is not.(Polly Matzinger)(women in science)EducationHannah Devlin
Distinct, not separatist.(scottish universities)EducationLindsay Paterson
Documenting injustice.(documentary film on Jaweed Al Ghussein)(Viewpoint essay)EducationStephen Desmond
Doing research is a key element of learning.EducationAlan Jenkins
Drive to ban 'primitive' names sparks debate.EducationStuart Blackman
Dual inspiration.(Oxford)(City overview)EducationRobert Hutchison
Echoes from the cradle of dissent.(Iraqi history)EducationAndrew Petersen
EU institute starts to take shape.EducationKeith Nuthall, Christopher Jones
EU launches drive for research champions.(European Community Research Council)EducationLars Rugaard
Even the syllables delight.(James Joyce's ''Ulysses'')(Critical essay)EducationDerek Attridge
Expert witnesses: case for the prosecution.(medical errors)(Legislation)EducationJohn Hemming
Faith in an age of isms.(modernism in history education)EducationRoger Griffin
Family sets the menu.EducationPeter Jackson
Fancy a degree without all the hassle of study?(corruption in education)EducationThomas Land
Fear of growing inequalities as better-off buy extra help.EducationAmy Binns
Fight for an outpost of liberty.EducationEdward Vickers
Fight is on to make peace over race.EducationKaren MacGregor
Fill hearts, minds and bellies.(helping African universities)EducationJohn Humphreys, Jane Conlon
Find a good enough solution.(managing politics)EducationAndrew Samuels
Fine words come cheap, storng action is needed.(University and College Union's boycott of israeli universities)(Viewpoint essay)EducationLisa Taraki
Fling open door and let Pinter's pause be heard.(Harold Pinter)EducationMark Taylor-Batty
Forget a common past, find a common future.EducationStefan Berger
Former security staff land top posts in Russian government.EducationNick Holdsworth
French reform plans on hold.EducationJane Marshall
Fury over book on blood libel.(Pasque di Sangue)EducationHelena Flusfeder
Get on the insight track.(increasing literacy)EducationBrian Greetham
Giant among scientists, but few recall his name.(achievements of Leonard Euler)EducationRobin Wilson
Gone, but still breathing new life into his field: The work of Jean Baudrillard will continue to disturb the tranquil waters of modern sociology.EducationJohn Armitage
'Gordon Brown should, as a new year's resolution, commit himself to large training subsidies for Goldman Sachs'.EducationAlison Wolf
Grant contest proves an ill-conceived lottery.EducationChristian Fleck
Great accusations.(errors in medical research)EducationJonathan Gornall
Great sites to behold.(university buildings)EducationMichael North
Hark the bard in all his bawdy beauty.(text chnages in plays of William Shakespeare)EducationJonathan Bate, Heloise Senechal
Head cases or a healthy skepticism?EducationRoberta Bivins
Here's an initiative: leave us to come up with ideas.EducationMichael Shattock
His book of life still awaits its completion.EducationPeter Crane
Hot politics stirs 'Heat' generation.(activity programs)(Personal account)EducationAmy Binns
How ambitious will Denham's DIUS dare to be.(Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills )Education 
How the RAE is smothering 'big idea' books.(research assessment exercises)EducationRichard Baggaley
How to hit the right buttons.(online education)EducationAlan Clarke
Hype hype hurrah! UK bombast is world class.Education 
I don't care who you are -- just don't bring Mum.(admissions processes in universities are based only on candidates' grades)(Viewpoint essay)EducationDorian Jones
If I were voted general secretary of the UCU....(University and College Union)EducationRoger Kline
'I'm right. 'You're not'.EducationA.C. Grayling
In becoming a eunuch, I became a better man.(Personal account)EducationRichard Wassersug
Indexed lights.EducationPierre Auboiron
Individual battles will sink our ship.(government funding for higher education)EducationDavid Watson
Inquiry into academic freedom in Hong Kong.EducationLiz Heron
'In the US, invoking offended feelings is morally equivalent to saying you feel raped, starved or strangled'.(Viewpoint essay)EducationFelipe Fernandez-Armesto
Invaluable resource or stolen property?EducationJulia Hinde
Invisible hand has to be led by us all.(consumerism )EducationBenjamin Barber
Is it thesis envy, or a worse problem?(mental state of college teachers)EducationAdrian Furnham
Is pounds sterling 300m really a lot of money?EducationAndrew Dilnot
Is there a gene for racism?EducationMatthew Reisz
Is there no longer room for debate?(University of Leeds not to teach subject of antisemitism)(Viewpoint essay)EducationMatthias Kuntzel
'It is hard to believe, looking at universities today, that they really disadvantage female students'.EducationAlison Wolf
It is time we tamed the tyranny of technology.(scholars should use educational tools and technology)EducationIan Marshall
It's about time, but it's about feedback as well.(Survey)EducationDeian Hopkin
It's the silly season.(summer holidays for academics)(Viewpoint essay)EducationJohn Brinnamoor
It was never perfect, but it was my dream job.(Viewpoint essay)EducationWilliam Brammer
'I wonder, can you sue if a book bores you or annoys you so much you hurl it across the room and hurt your arm?'EducationGary Day
Just hit the red button.(trends in political communication)EducationStephen Coleman
Kurds plan to host American University.EducationMatt Salusbury
Labor's infidelity will not be forgiven easily.(funding to Department of Trade and Industry for development of science and Innovation)EducationMartyn Amos
Learners take leaf out of an imprint of the Renaissance.(The Association for Learning Development in Higher Education)EducationJohn Hilsdon
Learning at the highest level.(conflict situations in Kashmir)EducationJohn Kirkaldy
Learn to leave that evil twin behind.EducationCarol Dweck
Leave the drugs war to cartoons and cops.(educating about drugs)EducationRichard Ives
Life in the City of High Intent.EducationFay Weldon
Make all see that deadline matters.EducationMarc Hauser, Ernst Fehr
Masquerade of living dolls.(Kylie Minogue and Jordan)EducationHatty Oliver
Material girl no more...(spiritual awakening)EducationTerry Eagleton
Media and democracy: A strange paradox.EducationPaolo Baldi, Uwe Hasebrink
Me, vote? I am so not bothered.(regulation for voting age)EducationRichard Rose
Mother tongue twisted by drive for global gains.EducationRoy Harris
Mr Brown, please balance our cultural capital.EducationAlan Skelton
Much ado about the man from Stratford.(William Shakespeare)(Critical essay)EducationStanley Wells
Mum's place is in the wrong.Education 
My career is killed by blind bureaucracy.Education 
My employer is holding me to ransom for RAE.(Research Assessment Exercise)EducationRobert Cook
My friend the robot.EducationKathleen Richardson
My Sisyphean labour.(Personal account)EducationBernard Wasserstein
New science generation needs the spark of life.EducationDeian Hopkin, Michael Arthur
'None of us fits into neat little boxes'.EducationJak Peake
No one should have to suffer abuse in silence.EducationDeborah Lee
No profit in losing values of academe.EducationChris Lawton
Now, please give a warm welcome to...(organizing educational conference)EducationFred Halliday
Numbers still don't add up in SNP's Scotland.(Scottish National Party)EducationCharlie Jeffrey
Openness will win debate on use of animals.EducationSimon Festing
Our stars were not born in a vacuum.(University of Cambridge)(University of Oxford)EducationChris Higgins
Out of class and into the spotlight.(Manchester International Festival and local universities)EducationMatthew Baker
Pain & gain.(increase in workload)EducationWyn Grant
Partners in progress.(Microsoft Corp.)(professional development programs of british universities )Education 
Passport to a safe field trip.EducationNick Smith
Pirates and the middle passage.(link with slavery)EducationRichard Sanders
Points for debate.(teaching arguments)EducationRichard Andrews, Beng Huat See, Carole Torgerson
Popular beat may drown out genius.(scientists are rewarded with grants who meet the popular criteria)(Viewpoint essay)EducationPeter Lawrence
Power struggle in Italian academy.(Academy of Fine Arts)EducationPaul Bompard
Private decisions and public debates.EducationDorian Jones
Psychology A level joins the sciences.(British Psychological Society)EducationFaisal Al Yafal
Publishing jam creates RAE fears.(research assessment exercise)Education 
Put that in your pipe and drink it.(water resource management)EducationTony Allan
Puzzled peers are teaching tools, too.EducationRichard Cox
Quest for national identity is mistake.EducationBernard Crick
Quiet space for retreat if the spirit takes you.EducationCharlie Fox
RateUKcourses.com?(website for foreign students)EducationOlga Wojtas
Ready for the future?(cost of professional development courses)Education 
Realpolitik, the Humpty way.EducationBob Brecher
Real victims of UCU's Middle East incursion.(University and College Union)(Viewpoint essay)EducationJohn Sutherland
Reflect and learn to thrive.(electronic media in education)EducationAlison Utley
Refuge of the outcast?(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)(Virginia Tech Shootings, 2007)EducationMatt Baker
Rhapsody in reds, whites and crus.(identifying different varieties of wines)EducationBarry Smith
Rights and wrongs of a 'new moral economy'.EducationJeffrey Weeks
Rights of passage.(videoconferencing)EducationMark Levene
Sacre bleu.(atheist views on religion)(Viewpoint essay)EducationJulian Baggini
Save the planet - become a vegan.EducationDavid Nibert
Sceptics blinded by Marxist idols and ideology.EducationRobert Service
Science's future is an interversity challenge.EducationPeter Atkins
Scientists risk prosecution.EducationVera Rich
Sci-fi is not really about the science.(science and art)EducationKevin Fong
Secrecy only serves to fuel our suspicion.(Freedom of Information Act)EducationMichele Thew
Shiny happy people.EducationVirginia Smith
Shocked and awed.EducationIan Patterson
'Smokers are subject to the sort of vilification that, in the past, usually heralded vicious oppression'.EducationFelipe Fernandez-Armesto
Social tinkering spells disaster for our young.EducationMartin Allen, Patrick Ainley
Software spots likely dropouts.EducationAnastasia Moloney
Sputnik, Lovell and the dream that inspired me.(Bernard Lovell)(Personal account)EducationColin Pillinger
Still intact: the lure and the lore of the virgin.EducationAnke Bernau
Strike it rich by drilling into the vulnerable core.EducationOrmond Simpson
Students spark drive for a punctual Peru.EducationTito Correa
Survivors beat budget woes.(The Higher Education Funding Council)EducationDonna Bowater
Take talk to a new level.(new trend in giving lectures)EducationStella Cottrell
Tarnished jewels in India's crown.(educational standards)EducationRamachandra Guha
Television's new engine: The principle of the TV format.EducationAlbert Moran
The big picture's past, present and future.(teaching history)EducationPenelope Corfield
The choice is there - but not for everyone.EducationAmanda Root
The democracy conundrum.(forcibly democratizing Iraq)Education 
The devil inside us all.Education 
The end was nigh.(Christian millennialism and Enlightenment Utopianism)(Viewpoint essay)EducationJohn Gray
The fanaticism of denial that must be exposed.EducationTara Smith
The future's bright.EducationTerry Philpot
The law of averages produces poor results.EducationMantz Yorke
The masters who married modernism with magic.EducationRoberto Gonzalez Echevarria
The new bohemia and why we must save it.EducationElizabeth Currid
The play's the thing.(teaching language through school plays)EducationRogelio Vallejo
The political master eclipsed by his shadow.EducationRichard Toye
There is nothing original in a case of purloined letters.EducationRobert Macfarlane
The revolution stars here.(educational technology)EducationMatt Baker
The stakes are high, the proposals must be firm.(government funding for education)EducationRon Dearing
The truth about the mummy and daddy factor.EducationJocey Quinn
The visual in communication: Some hidden dimensions.EducationHarry Jamieson
The young and wise are late to rise.(early morning sleep may have impact on young adults ability to learn)EducationRussell Foster
This isn't an Act of faith but paranoia.(Legislation)EducationJames Panton
This is where the buck stops.(sovereignty )EducationChristopher Bickerton
Today's lecture: The good Muslim.EducationChase Robinson
Tokyo keen to raise global science profile.EducationNobuko Hara
'To say Manning was a racist is like saying Shakespeare was a regicide: Humour is a release of anarchy'.(In memoriam)EducationGary Day
Trading places.EducationDoreen Massey
Troubling postcards from the past.(Jose Maria Rodriguez Mendez)EducationMichael Thompson
UCU action threatens to cause a lasting rift.(Union of College and University Union)Education 
UK must get with the systems to stay in front.EducationDenis Noble
Videogame art: Challenging and provocative.EducationGrethe Mitchell, Andy Clarke
Visionary initiative comes under threat of closure in wake of funding debacle.Education 
Voice of the Other America.(Woody Guthrie)(Personal account)EducationLee Marshall, Will Kaufman
Wake up and value the potential of the postdoc.EducationPaul Wicks
Watching them watching us.(antiterrorism measures)EducationStephen Dorril
We can't safeguard heritage all alone.EducationLamia al-Gailani Werr
'We have to be all things to all people'.(work pressure increases)EducationLindsey Neville
Welcome to the strangers among us?(Viewpoint essay)EducationAlan Macfarlane
We may all pay for Scottish largesse.EducationMike Pittilo
We must sit around a single table: A sensible reform of the national pay system is urgently required.EducationAlasdair Smith
We ought to get all findings out fast.(market strategy by medical journal publishers)EducationBob Ward
What's a smile worth?(psychological help)EducationNic Paton
When in danger, watch the news.(Personal account)Education 
Who you calling a thicko prole?(racism at working class whites)(Personal account)EducationChav
Why revel in birth of imperial monster?EducationTaiaiake Alfred
Why they now only fight for the right to party.EducationGerard DeGroot
With string, science has tied itself in knots.(string theory research)EducationLee Smolin
You don't need to know a name to teach a student.EducationKevin McCarron
You've got your father's toxins.(men's exposure to drugs can effect new borns)EducationCynthia Daniels
Zoology is the latest victim of audit culture.EducationKen Bowler
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