Ethics of vivisection moving into focus
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A group headed by Kenneth Boyd of the Institute of Medical Ethics and made up of animal rights activists, academics, members of research-funding bodies and scientists has recently put forward recommendations for the creation of institutional ethics committees to monitor animal experimentation at research establishments in the UK. The recommendations have not been welcomed very warmly by the mainstream animal rights movement, as they seem to aim to ensure that animals continue to be used in research. The committees proposal would act simply to defend institutions from criticism on animal rights issues, rather than as independent bodies.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1995
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Research inquiry sparks row
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University educationalists attending the British Educational Research Assn.'s annual conference in Sep. 1997 expressed fury at Chief Inspector of Schools Chris Woodhead's plans for an inquiry into the quality of educational research. A spokesman explained that the Office for Standards in Education had commissioned the research in the light of concerns that the quality and impact of publicly-funded educational research is below standard. University of Nottingham dean of education Roger Murphy insisted that educational researchers are engaged in some highly policy-oriented work.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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The pain and the gain
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The debate over the use of animals in research has been fuelled by the Animal Liberation Front's (ALF) Aug 1997 attacks on five high-profile scientists in Oxford, England. The ALF wants a complete ban on vivisection and using animals in research, whereas the Research Defence Society justifies animal experiments with the fact that they help save people's lives. Both sides of the debate are now focusing on the concept of cost-benefit analysis, under which the cost of experiments to the animals involved is weighed against the probable benefit of the research to humans.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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