Alan Hale's open letter
"I was inspired by the scientific discoveries taking place during my childhood to pursue a career in science only to find, after completing the rigours of undergraduate and graduate school, that the...
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When jobs are only heaven sent
What does it take for a scientist to earn a decent living? It took the discovery of a comet to give Alan Hale financial security and the chance to champion the cause of the planet's jobless...
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A faith that crucifies women
Theologian Daphne Hampson tells Elaine Williams why she believes Christianity is a harmful myth Daphne Hampson is a theologian who long ago abandoned the "harmful myth'' of Christianity. As we sit...
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Simon Midgley continues our series on The tanks that think
The Centre for Policy Studies was founded in 1974 by Sir Keith Joseph, an advocate of liberal free-market economic policies. It is independent of the Conservative party but classified as a political...
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The test that awards an English professor 33 per cent for literacy
As a final-year student at University College London studying human sciences, I have been taking a serious look at my future career. After four months of applying for graduate training programmes...
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The test that awards an English professor 33 per cent for literacy
Dubbed the "nous test" at its launch in March, the Graduate Employability Test is a national, computer-based test of a graduate's "working style and business acumen". The GET, its creators explain,...
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The test that awards an English professor 33 per cent for literacy
Every so often I find myself sitting my finals over again - in dreams. Sometimes as the sweating youth I was once, utterly panicky about not being able to conceal the zillions of black holes in my...
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Notes from a small island
Three academics explain how and why they will vote I shall vote Labour partly as a result of history, personal and public. I am the child of a single parent, a working mother, and a primary school...
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Notes from a small island
Three academics explain how and why they will vote The Liberal Democrats are the right choice for three reasons. They have a clear commitment to a constructive European policy, a vigorous third party...
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'A European superstate would cause international tension and civil war'
Alan Sked, UK Independence party The notion of a "democratic deficit" is a piece of Europhile propaganda assuming acceptance of European union as a political aim. For those of us who see no need for...
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'A European superstate would cause international tension and civil war'
Ben Hall, Centre for European Reform The European Union is a complicated hybrid, where national governments have decided that different forms of collective action will produce better results for...
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Making a big decision
Europe is the election's neglected issue, says Brian Brivati. The ghost at the feast of this election is Europe. Despite the prompting of anti-European ginger groups, the main parties resist full...
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The Apollo gods with a devil's past
Yves Beon, a slave labourer forced to build V1 and V2 rockets, tells Stella Hughes about his bid to discredit his former German masters who went on to run the Nasa space project A memoir by Yves Beon...
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Chairs
University of East London Kerry Hamilton did not have a train set as a child nor did she play with Dinky toys. Until very recently these facts would have damaged irreparably her credibility in the...
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Fellowships
University College, London Honorary fellowships: Thomas Bingham, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and formermaster of the rolls, visitor of UCL (1992-96); Patricia Easterling, regius professor...