Battle of Ideas | Reading for Battle

When does life begin?
It depends who you ask. Some groups say life begins as soon as a sperm fuses with an egg. Others believe the boundary is more blurred.
Ian Sample, Guardian, 10 February 2005

Why we should allow performance enhancing drugs in sport
The legalisation of drugs in sport may be fairer and safer
J Savulescu, B Foddy and M Clayton, British Journal of Sports Medicine 38:666-670, 2004

Autism: Mind and Brain

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that allows a unique window on the relationship between mind and brain. The study of autism provides insight into the brain basis of the complex social interactions typical of human beings, since a profound impairment in social interactions is the hallmark of autistic disorders.

Uta Frith & Elisabeth Hill (eds.), Oxford University Press, 15 January 2004

Young People, New Media: Childhood and the Changing Media Environment Whilst grand claims abound on the use of new media amongst children and young people, Sonia Livingstone takes a sober look at the evidence

Sonia Livingstone, Sage, 2003

Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art

For Christopher Day architecture is not just about a building's appearance, but how the building is experienced. 'Places of the Soul' presents buildings as environment, intrinsic to their surroundings, and offers design principles that will open the eyes of the architecture student and professional alike, presenting ideas quite different to the orthodoxy of modern architectural education.

Christopher Day, Architectural Press, 1 December 2003

Sex and Relationships Education Framework
The Sex and Relationships Education Framework is the core document of the Sex Education Forum. It is also for professionals who work with children and young people in all settings and who want to support the effective development of SRE policy and practice.
Sex Education Forum, November 2003

Democratic design
Patients, staff and the public should have a say in hospital design, according to the Department of Health. But how can this be done?
Alison Moore, Health Service Journal, 10 July 2003

The Neighborhood Context of Well-Being
Health-related problems are strongly associated with the social characteristics of communities and neighborhoods.We need to treat community contexts as important units of analysis in their own right, which in turn calls for new measurement strategies as well as theoretical frameworks that do not simply treat the neighborhood as a “trait” of the individual.
Robert J. Sampson, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Vol 46, No 3, 2003

About time for change
The smartest and most forward-looking organisations will see that by putting work-life balance at the heart of their cultures and their strategic plans they will not only be satisfying employees and creating more equitable workplaces, but increasing their productivity and responding competitively to significant changes, such as our growing 24/7 lifestyle.
Alexandra Jones, The Work Foundation, 1 June 2003

Psychological debriefing is a waste of time Does psychological debriefing actually exacerbate the post-traumatic phenomena it claims to address?

Simon Wessely, British Journal of Psychiatry 183, 2002

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Life off Earth: are the aliens out there?

"The Battle of Ideas is a weekend like no other. I found the 2011 festival immensely stimulating. It gave me a great deal to think about, and a whole new list of books to read - from Virgil to Vygotsky. On to greater battles in 2012!"
Ken Macleod, award-winning science fiction writer; author, The Restoration Game and Intrusion

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