Punishment and Pastoral Care

Can concerns relating to the care and support of pupils and those with punishment and blame be reconciled? Much is written on the former but today even when discipline and control are the focus there is little consideration of punishment and blame. Indeed, we might think that discussion of these issues can be excluded from the educational debate. In this paper John Wilson argues to the contrary. He posits that our backgrounds and experience may make us disinclined to punish and that what we can do is significantly limited by the law. Wilson suggests that this situation means that we lose contact with a whole set of basic concepts that underpin human life and are essential for any form of moral, personal and social education. Punishment is not just an unpleasant necessity but an essential part of education and perhaps even care.     

The publications of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (the addition of ‘Royal’ to the Society's title was granted in 1988) was one of the early professional bodies to be created and given a Royal Charter. It was also a founder member of ALPSP. From the Society's 19th century beginnings to the present day there have been many changes, not least among the publications launched over the years. The histories of some of them reflect happenings in the periods in which they have been produced.