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So, it's too many women that is the problem for medicine ("What's up doc? A lack of men", THES , April 12). Twenty years ago girls were not going into medicine because they did not have science A...
So, it's too many women that is the problem for medicine ("What's up doc? A lack of men", THES , April 12). Twenty years ago girls were not going into medicine because they did not have science A...
So, "young women" need to realise that "the normal working pattern of a trained doctor is incompatible with family life"? But such a working pattern is acceptable for fathers, is it? Pam Lunn...
Enough doctors? Only if we free the market in medical training. Your editorial is correct: there cannot be too many women doctors and the medical profession is "focusing on the wrong issue". We need...
Kenneth Cardwell's article, "Try teaching democracy in an occupied territory", (Opinion, THES , April 12) is a one-sided, political diatribe about the present crisis in the Middle East. Cardwell's...
Australia was first colonised by humans between 55,000 and 65,000 years ago. But how they got there remains unsolved, writes Caroline Davis. One of the most promising routes proposed was through the...
As the season of dawn chorus intensifies to its crescendo in May, a group of scientists has been investigating why some birds rise earlier than others, writes Caroline Davis. In a typical Welsh...
Pat Bracken questions the validity and appropriateness of the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. He tells Adam James that sending PTSD experts to places such as Afghanistan may even be...
Comparing current events in the Middle East to the Holocaust is misleading and counterproductive and perpetuates a tendency among Jews to think and act like victims, argues David Cesarani During a...
If the European Union is to fulfil its potential as a supranational democracy, it must offer its citizens freedom, security and, most of all, respect. Dennis Smith reports. Professors and politicians...
The rise of single-issue protest groups may be seen as a good sign of an active citizenry. But, says Wyn Grant, it can impede the political process. The landscape of protest group activity in the...
Among the first women to succeed in music were those in a 16th-century girl group. But they were reliant on male patronage and barely respectable, says Laurie Stras. If you type "girl vocalist jokes...
What is it that makes a good teacher? Alan Sked says an interest in students, intellectual rigour and enthusiasm are vital. As I am on sabbatical leave, the invitation to write about teaching came at...
Can men smell a pretty woman from afar, and do women seeking a partner desire a man who smells like their father? Jerome Burne sniffs around controversial findings in phermone research. Smell has...
Luxembourg, 17 April 2002 Full text I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The EEA EFTA States welcome the proposal for the regulation on genetically modified (GM) food and feed. This represents a major initiative...
Brussels, 17 April 2002 The Icelandic government announced last week its plan to introduce legislation allowing it to provide financial guarantees as part of a general initiative to encourage...