The proportion of dyslexic university students in the UK has experienced a noticeable rise in recent times, reaching approximately 5%. However, there still exists a significant gap in academic achievement for dyslexic students, with around 40% attaining a 2:1 or …
Essay Writing Services Must Be Banned To Stop Cheating, Say Academics
A recent study conducted by Prof Philip Newton at Swansea University’s medical school has highlighted that the use of "contract cheating" is experiencing a sharp rise throughout the world. The study calculated that as many as one in seven current …
Send In The Clown Insurers
Clown insurance is a product offered to professional clowns to protect against unforeseeable events, as even clowns are subject to accidents and negative outcomes. This unique type of insurance is the result of the process of risk assessment, which has …
Invasion Of The Entryists
One of the most peculiar aspects of modern politics is the prevalence of former leftists who have shifted to the right. Dubbed "neo-cons," this group has considerable influence over the White House, the Pentagon, the British government, and the Labour …
Every English School To Become An Academy, Ministers To Announce
The upcoming budget is set to unveil the legislation that will convert all schools within England to independent academies which will no longer be controlled by local authorities. The procedures can be implemented as early as Thursday and will begin …
Sacking By Numbers
New regulations for staff dismissal procedures, called sacking by numbers, came into effect on October 1. While well-intentioned, these regulations lack the excitement of the old disciplinary proceedings in universities. The term "moral turpitude" was once used to define a …
Should Students Be Encouraged To Set Their Sights On Russell Group Universities?
When Sophie Cousens was six years old, she visited Sea World in Florida and wanted to study marine biology as a result. Years later, when she was applying to university, Cousens knew she wanted to attend Plymouth University; however, her …
Patricia Norman Obituary
I would like to pay tribute to my late friend, Patricia Norman, who passed away at the age of 96. Pat was an enthusiastic educator whose significant achievements include becoming the life president of the Brighton Housing Trust.
Born in …
Our Not So Distant Relative
Indonesian and Australian archaeologists were taken aback when they discovered the remains of a previously unknown species of human, Homo floresiensis, in a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Flores. The species lived as recently as 18,000 years ago, …
Women Have Been Woefully Neglected’: Does Medical Science Have A Gender Problem?
Lynn Enright suffered from a scorching pain after having a hysteroscopy to examine her womb’s interior, but medical professionals responded to her agony with dismissal. As she embarked on her book about female anatomy, Vagina: A Re-education, Enright discovered why. …