Could incapacitating chemical weapons start an arms race?
By Michael Crowley, University of Bradford and Malcolm Dando, University of Bradford
On October 26 2002, to end a three-day siege on a theatre in...
Chasing glory: why hosting the Olympics rarely pays off
By Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College
The competition to host the Olympic Games has typically been fierce, but an increased awareness of the giant money pit...
Guilty Pleasures: father of the modern western, king of crime
By Neil Sammells, Bath Spa University
Think of what you skip reading a novel: thick paragraphs of prose you can see have too many words...
Gender equity in schools in Muslim countries: it can be done
By M Niaz Asadullah, University of Malaya
Muslim countries worldwide have problems with gender equality. They dominate the bottom ten countries in the Global Gender...
We must end schools being run by contract – it’s fragmenting the education system
By Ron Glatter, The Open University
The debate about how to build a sound, sustainable system of governance for English schools out of the disarray...
How parents can prevent and deal with bullying
By Sheryl Hemphill, Australian Catholic University
Parents are one of the most influential factors when talking about bullying - in that they are the most...
The big winners from Sweden’s for-profit ‘free’ schools are companies, not pupils
By Susanne Wiborg, Institute of Education, University of London
Sweden’s free school model is often rolled out as an example by both those for and...
Student loans should be for life, say universities
By Gemma Ware, The Conversation
Students should be given a lifetime loan allocation that they can use for different undergraduate and postgraduate courses, according to...
