Students say textbooks are too expensive - could an open access model be the answer?

Mar 02, 2016 01:56 am UTC| Insights & Views

For university students, textbooks have been both a saviour and a bane. Having most of the essential readings in a single volume enables students to access resources easily. Despite mostly being used for short periods of...

Why advertisers use pictures to sell pharmaceuticals – and shouldn't

Mar 02, 2016 01:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

On a winters night in 1993 I was crouched in the back of an ambulance as it hurtled through the hedgerows and lanes of West Dorset. But I was oblivious to Thomas Hardys snowy fields. I was a doctor and my charge was a...

Migrant Crisis Series

How Macedonia found itself at the centre of Europe's refugee crisis

Mar 01, 2016 18:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Distressing scenes have been unfolding on Macedonias border with Greece, where police have been using tear gas on refugees attempting to break through a razor wire fence designed to keep them out. Given the recent tone...

Are management consultants losing their place as masters of the universe?

Mar 01, 2016 16:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Management consultants are powerful beasts. They can mould businesses and guide governments, both in high-profile projects and behind the scenes. They do this largely free from any specific regulation and, if revenue is...

Why scrapping the €500 note may not help counter terrorism

Mar 01, 2016 16:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The president of the European Central Bank has said that the bank is considering scrapping the 500 note as the big bill is being increasingly seen as as an instrument for illegal activities, according to ECB president,...

Time to rock the boat? Cruise ships can destroy the very destinations they sell to us

Mar 01, 2016 16:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Italy plans to cut back on the number of visitors allowed into Cinque Terre, a particularly picturesque section of its north-western coast. Around 2.5m tourists visited the area in 2015; this year, numbers will be limited...

Hard Evidence: which charities get the most money and is it enough?

Mar 01, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Charitable giving is big business, with many organisations handling millions in revenue. But big charities have come under fire for issues from bad accounting to actually doing more harm than good. In the second of our...