Should we do away with exams altogether? No, but we need to rethink their design and purpose

Dec 04, 2016 23:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Over the past two decades there have been frequent calls to abandon exams. The major criticisms of exams in schools and universities tend to relate to either the misuse or overuse of exams, and not to the sensible use...

How a serial killer used social media to attract his victims – and why we should all take note

Dec 04, 2016 23:15 pm UTC| Health Life

Stephen Port, a 41-year-old chef living in east London, has been given a whole-of-life prison sentence after being found guilty of the murder of four young men who he lured to his flat before drugging and raping them...

Imitation game: how copies can solve our cultural heritage crises

Dec 04, 2016 19:23 pm UTC| Life

Visitors to the Otsuka Museum in Japan are offered the chance to see through time. Two life-sized copies of Leonardo da Vincis Last Supper are hung on opposing walls, one showing it before the major 1999 restoration, and...

How to talk someone out of a damaging cult

Dec 04, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Life

Many of you will know someone who has suddenly fallen head over heels in love with someone. Some will know people who have done likewise but for a strange religion or group that youve never heard of. What do you say to...

Prison deaths: a case of corporate manslaughter?

Dec 04, 2016 02:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Law

Attention has finally fallen on the crisis of safety in British prisons. It shouldnt be a surprise to anyone. Some argue that prison has always inherently been, and remains, a place of degradation which is systematically...

Boredom, alienation and anxiety in the maths classroom? Here's why

Dec 02, 2016 05:44 am UTC| Life

The quest for appropriate teaching and learning practices for children and young people is ongoing and ever present. A major challenge is to make maths teaching more inclusive and maths itself more accessible to a wider...

Everyone's talking but no-one's listening: it's time to reclaim the art of communication

Dec 02, 2016 04:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In a world of mass communication and social media, people seem prepared to share their opinion on almost any subject. When it comes to remembering a conversation you were involved in, in most cases the deciding factor...