Adding this to the list of things I can’t access: Driving Change in the Disability Sector: A multi-disciplinary symposium The topic of inclusion is a concept that has many faces, many interpretations and although controversial, may in some instances be… Read More ›
education
formal, eclectic, iconoclastic, autodidactic – all the ways we learn
PZ refutes four bad arguments against evolution
Read. Bookmark. Refer to this the next time you need to refute bad arguments against evolution from creationists and IDologists. Favourite bit: The Second Law of Thermodynamics argument is one of the hoariest, silliest claims in the creationist collection. It’s… Read More ›
Saint Magnus would not approve: Churchie gay formal
[image cribbed from Pinknews] The Most Reverend Phillip Aspinall, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane and president of the school council of “Churchie”, the all-boys Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, is in the news. Churchie, where manly men are made under… Read More ›
Brian McKinstry whines about women taking over medicine
This prat thinks there are too many women in medicine, recklessly dragging quality standards up. For some reason, the British Medical Journal decided to host a trite debate on the subject, “Are there too many female medical graduates?” The “Yes”… Read More ›
Hurrah for librarians
If you are restricting access to information, they will notice during the course of their normal duties, and they will let the world know, and then you will look like censoring buffoons. In February, in line with various other information-stifling… Read More ›
Bloody hell
FIRST PRIZE! The first time I have ever won any prize in a school raffle. Of course it was an Easter fundraiser that didn’t announce the winner until a week after Easter. That’s somehow totally apt.
How to reduce teen pregnancies
Teen Pregnancy Decline: Teenage pregnancy rates continue to drop in Hackney, new figures reveal. The Office of National Statistics shows the number of teenage pregnancies has dropped by 28 per cent since 1998, compared with a national average of 13… Read More ›
Scientiae carnival blogiversary
Scientiae, the carnival of women in science, engineering and maths just celebrated its first birthday at skookumchick’s place! Hip hip, hooray (and many more…)!
File in the lowered journalistic standards folder
One Harry Mount, of the UK Telegraph, simply doesn’t know how to do basic research. This is his claim: The death of feminism at British universities. Quietly, without much fanfare, women’s studies has disappeared from British universities. In the 70s,… Read More ›
Parenting while atheist: Discovering the questions, and religious education in schools
[image source] Recently, my kid asked “Who MADE the seeds?” The vexed issue of spirituality and parenting is discussed in all parenting forums. Which religion, if any, do you “teach” a child? Do you teach religion as doctrine, or comparative… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 