Sentences with phrase «academic debate in»

Her research driven practice examines other fields out with philosophy, drawing on current academic debate in psychology, sociology and anthropology, with relevant contextualising in terms of current and historic art genres.

Last year, for instance, several of my introverted American history students worked diligently on an academic debate in which they passionately defended President Truman's decision to use atomic warfare to end World War II.

Not exact matches

But some may also recall that Layton was declared (by impartial academic researchers) the «least civil» participant in recent Canadian parliamentary debates.

Researchers, tech companies, academics — both local and foreign — debate how these policies will affect the evolution of the business environment in China.

JDC West is a three - day competition that challenges students in the areas of academics, athletics, debate and social events.

Cited thousands of times in the news media and academic literature, Dr. Morgan's work on the topic has helped to spark national policy debate regarding universal pharmacare in Canada.

how naive can you POSSIBLY be?!? Crash course in history — there are always academics arguing a variety of different sides in a debate.

with the bogeyman of «Reactionary Thomists» still latent in the minds of academic theologians who otherwise know little about the debates involved.

A culture of bullying has taken over in this area, and the idea of academic freedom, wide enquiry, and genuine debate and analysis is no longer seen as essential in university life.

I thought of this recently as I re-read Harvard's report on the humanities «Mapping the Future» in light of the debate over academic freedom that Peter Lawler addressed.

It is in this context that academic freedom finds meaning — it supports a plurality of voices and traditions (past and present) when debating what vision of human life maximizes flourishing, which is the ongoing project of any society that seeks to perpetuate itself.

The hotly debated question as to whether this implies that the Kingdom is to be regarded as present, inbreaking, dawning, casting its shadows before it, or whatever, becomes academic when we realize that the claim of the saying is that certain events in the ministry of Jesus are nothing less than an experience of the Kingdom of God.

Publication of The Black Book of Communism in November 1997 in France stirred up a major political and intellectual debate, propelling this academic study of the nature of tyranny onto the best - seller list.

By suggesting a correlation between how well a college actually succeeds in forming and shaping students» lives during their academic journey and well - being after graduation, the report offers an opportunity for further debate over how best to cultivate the life of the mind.

That, if they would only listen to themselves more carefully, is what some advocates of academic freedom are asserting in current debates about Christian higher education.

With the rise of the evolution — creationism debate in the U.S., these academics, even if they did not subscribe to a religious faith themselves, were having to become more aware of ways in which faith and science interpenetrate, connect and harmonise.

Though bioethicists may continue their academic debates for decades to come, there is no need to cause unnecessary confusion among couples navigating a rocky enough road as it is, so I hope these sections may be amended in future editions of the book.

Within the real academic world untainted by the pollution of religion in their brain, there exists much debate as to whether Jesus ever existed.

After acrimonious arguments about the judges and about the reporting of the debate; after a tedious procession to church, a new twelve - part Mass, and a long droned out and largely inaudible introduction by a local academic, the debate finally got under way on 27 July between Eck and Karlstadt in the great hall of the Pleissenburg Castle.

For those not familiar with academic debates, the impression could be given that West's work contains serious errors, when, in fact, his books have received imprimaturs and the endorsement of trusted figures.

Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.

The same chapter also explores school - start times, a topic of heated debate this year in Palo Alto after Superintendent Max McGee decided to eliminate academic classes during the early - morning zero period at Gunn High School.

What we actually need is a more democratic model of impact where it is conceived of as impact upon the public debate; inspiring gradual, long term change — and in which academic communication is part of a mutual, democratic learning process.

Because most people with any sort of knowledge of the recent academic debates / fights in and around modern liberalism would know that Sandel is usually classed as communitarian critic of liberalism.

I still believe, as I put it in chapter two, that «software», not «hardware» — the long, slow waves of cultural change, not the more obvious technological and economic changes that figure so prominently in public debate and academic social science — hold the key to the British predicament; that our ills form an interdependent system or, in medical language, a «syndrome»; and that they reflect the bewilderment and disorientation of a people who have forgotten the history that shaped them, and who therefore no longer know who they are.

But he's not there, and neither are most other Western observers weighing in on the subject, giving their debate a whiff of the abstract and the academic.

What is fascinating about this evolution — and especially most of the academic analysis (and in some cases advocacy) of it has been the degree to which it has ignored wider debates about presidential versus parliamentary forms of government.

In other e.politics news, I'm doing a call - in show on Minnesota Public Radio tomorrow morning about YouTube debates, chatting with academics from Princeton and Wake Forest (hope my Palestine (Texas) High School degree is up to the challengeIn other e.politics news, I'm doing a call - in show on Minnesota Public Radio tomorrow morning about YouTube debates, chatting with academics from Princeton and Wake Forest (hope my Palestine (Texas) High School degree is up to the challengein show on Minnesota Public Radio tomorrow morning about YouTube debates, chatting with academics from Princeton and Wake Forest (hope my Palestine (Texas) High School degree is up to the challenge).

Still, good government groups, academics, and many others maintain that debates serve a vital role in elections, giving voters the opportunity to become better informed about the candidates.

In a lecture, 21st Century Surveillance State: Implications of the Snowden Revelations, at the University of Oxford this week, Rusbridger told his audience it was time to move the debate into an academic arena, where its complex issues could be analysed in greater deptIn a lecture, 21st Century Surveillance State: Implications of the Snowden Revelations, at the University of Oxford this week, Rusbridger told his audience it was time to move the debate into an academic arena, where its complex issues could be analysed in greater deptin greater depth.

This creates a puzzle for academics: the ambiguity about whether donations are rewards or incentives — as well as the sheer multitude of factors that affect politicians» decisions — has led to inconclusive evidence about the influence of money in debates like this.

Let's step up to the plate together Ms Ghose and have a debate or do you too refuse to engage with reformers, preferring instead to sit in your academic ivory tower?

The Cambridge academic has become a central figure in the debate over whether the personal information of millions of Facebook users was used in US elections without their consent.

According to research commissioned by City & Guilds, in the first three years of the Coalition, MPs spent a total of 88 hrs 47 mins on academic debates — more than four times the amount spent on vocational education.

Academics debate whether they are there for the jobs or the men (there are more rich educated men in cities, but more women of all sorts).

The debate over the use of race in admission decisions has been wrenching, because it demands a trade - off among three worthwhile goals: race - blindness, academic selectivity, and a semblance of racial diversity on selective campuses.

Modern mathematical techniques — similar to those used to analyse social - networking websites — have allowed academics to shed new light on a centuries old debate surrounding the Viking age in Ireland and the famous battle of Clontarf in 1014.

Such conflicting opinions are part of the debate over how to rank graduate research programs, a debate that has sharpened in recent months as the NRC gears up for its third attempt since 1982 to plumb the world's best academic research system.

It is now clear to anyone familiar with biomedical academic research in the United States that the situation of postdocs in this country needs serious attention; no reasonable person would debate this point.

► Also on Thursday, Martin Enserink provided an update on virologist Ron Fouchier, who for the past 3 years «has battled the Dutch government over a fundamental question in the balance between academic freedom and biosecurity: Did he need a government license to publish his hotly debated gain - of - function (GOF) studies on the H5N1 influenza strain?»

While these types of messages are commonly used in political, public health and commercial advertising campaigns (e.g., smoking will kill you, Candidate A will destroy the economy), their use is controversial as academics continue to debate their effectiveness.

The reform was necessary and was welcomed by the country's major science organisations (the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG], the Max Planck Society and the German Science Council) and the organisation that represents university heads (Association of Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions, or Hochschulrektorenkonferenz), although the HRG has been one of the most hotly debated topics in the country's academic circles.

Instead of encouraging the brain drain, top world academics, funders, and researchers should collaborate to build scientific infrastructure in the less resilient regions not only to improve their self - ability to conduct, access, and use the best science but also to ensure that they can contribute to global scientific debates while developing local solutions with cost - effective, participatory, and sustainable strategies (including the reconnaissance and use of indigenous knowledge in some cases).

AMSTERDAM — For more than 3 years, virologist Ron Fouchier has battled the Dutch government over a fundamental question in the balance between academic freedom and biosecurity: Did he need a government license to publish his hotly debated gain - of - function (GOF) studies on the H5N1 influenza strain?

Through YRP, Bunthof wanted to involve young scientists in the debate on genomics and society, because, as she puts it, «academic training includes more than just doing your research project.»

He endorses the conclusions of No Place to Learn and enlarges the debate by discussing a subject that Pocklington and Tupper don't emphasize, the poisoning of university life by rights - seeking groups who insist (Whitaker writes) that academic life is naturally «sexist and racist and can only by kept in check through intensive regulation and control... Everything that goes on must be monitored and policed.»

The findings have already sparked debate within the academic community; critics are questioning the validity of the interpretation, and supporters say that the finding could offer a new perspective on why religions exist and what role they play in society.

While it is unlikely that we can obtain complete certainty on this issue, it is important for mainstream climate scientists to continue to debate this issue in a manner that can be interpreted by rest of the academic community.

By drawing attention to this tension, the author aims to contribute to a growing debate about incentive systems in academic science and their unexpected negative side effects.

During his tenure, he oversaw a significant enrollment increase, the implementation of six new academic programs, the acquisition of over $ 3.5 million in grants and donations, the building and refurbishing of key academic spaces, created an office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, Teaching and Learning Center, and revitalized the Honors Program and Debate Team.