slackbastard- antifa notes (december 7, 2019) : failed satirist Phillip Galea guilty of terrorisms December 7, 2019Law & Order Phil On December 5, Phillip Galea was found guilty by a Victorian Supreme Court jury of carrying out acts in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act, as well as attempting to make a document to facilitate … Continue reading →
- antifa notes (december 7, 2019) : failed satirist Phillip Galea guilty of terrorisms December 7, 2019
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- Is Widening Participation REALLY the enemy of progress? December 6, 2019They're wearing hats and gloves in hell this morning, for Radio Four has provoked me to stand up for my Vice-Chancellor. This is worse than when I found myself nodding in agreement with Linda Snell one dark day.It all goes back to 4.30 a.m. yesterday, when I got up to go to a recording at my university of BBC Radio 4's alleged flagship news show, T […]
- Is Widening Participation REALLY the enemy of progress? December 6, 2019
Tag Archives: Higher Education
heaven knows
The day starts with Sex Machine. James Brown shouting his chorus to my sleeping children (Get up! get on up/Get up! get on up) and I feel Bootsy’s deep bass begin the snaking energy transfer from the cold airs to … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, Fatherhood, Higher Education, Love, Mental Health
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the curiosity and the joy
Higher education is usually all about the piece of paper, a parchment with heraldry presented at the end. Institutions want their customers to think that without the parchment there is no education; no scholarship without the overarching curricula endorsed by … Continue reading
we don’t need no stinking badges
International education is big business, no, more than that it is an enormous business. For providers of higher education the international student market is a Golden Hind full of doubloons slowly making its way across the oceans to the (Vice) … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Frantz Fanon, Higher Education, Imperialism, International Education, Universities
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fortune teller
I’ve been reading with interest the accounts of life with HECS debts on Music for Deckchairs post Own Goal, and I thought I’d add my thoughts to the mix. For me I think there are two considerations affecting how I … Continue reading
Posted in The F-Bunker, things belonging to the emperor
Tagged HECS, Higher Education
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faith no more
Some years ago I was a casual academic. I taught classes and marked essays. It was great fun. For a fellow as quiet as me, the enforced opportunity to speak about the stuff that I knew was tremendously rewarding. I … Continue reading
