Yaz Iyabo Osho The topic of race and ethnicity in higher education has never been so prevalent, with [...]
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No Woman’s Land? Female Masculinity in the Borderlands
Finn MacKay “Borders between gender categories, then, are zones of overlap, not lines” (Hale, 1998:323). The borders Jacob Hale [...]
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Are we missing men’s emotions? Re-imagining banter as a form of emotional expression for men
Kitty Nichols Men and the expression of masculinity has become a contentious topic. The rapid development and wide-reaching [...]
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The strange experiences of estranged students
Yvette Taylor “Estrangement feels very taboo…it’s almost like having to out yourself a lot of the time to [...]
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Being a carer: a sizeable problem physically and mentally
Rebecca Lacey Millions of people combine work with caring responsibilities – looking after an older relative, a disabled [...]
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Dealing with Northern Ireland’s Troubled Past is more than a ‘day in court’
Brendan Ciarán Browne In the ‘post-conflict’ arena of Northern Ireland, escaping the legacy of the past is nigh [...]
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Re-imagining the Sovereign: an indigenous case study in citizenship, self-determination and democratic inclusivity
Dominic O’Sullivan In 1840 the British Crown and the Chiefs of the United Tribes of New Zealand signed [...]
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Good and bad people, or what vested interests are not about
Michael Egerer In the name of problem-gambling prevention, the Finnish Ministry of the Interior has planned to introduce [...]
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Considering Age, Appearance, and Beauty
Naomi Woodspring There is a cacophony of voices telling us about appearance – how we should look or, [...]
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The Birth of Meritocracy: Michael Young, The Rise of the Meritocracy and Post-War British Politics
David Civil During the summer of 1957 the British sociologist Michael Young was holidaying on a beach in [...]
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