Tag: universities
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The limits of university power
I am writing this from a hotel room in Washington DC, but this afternoon was spent in Baltimore, watching the Ravens play their last home game this season. (The eldest daughter being a big Ravens fan this was a must. It was not a great game, though the atmosphere improved dramatically in the final quarter as […]
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How to destroy our science base
This is a first (for me) – writing a blog inside a university library – photographic evidence attached. Term does not start for another fortnight – Freshers’ Week is next week – and so there are not that many of us in the library. Of those of us here I’d guess about 50%, perhaps more, […]
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Do universities fail science students?
There is a very interesting article on the THES website today – “So last century” – which says that universities are failing students because they teach them in such a compartmentalised way. Whether the study is conducted by the CBI in the UK or by commercial for-profit educational providers drumming up business for their remedial […]
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