Category: Higher education

07/12/2017

This is from John Naughton, although I haven’t the URL to hand. I read it five years ago. Like democracy,…

06/12/2017

This is from the FT, pointing out that the means testing of parental contribution to students maintenance, has some perverse…

29/11/2017

Take salary: as Mrs. Neal told us during her crash course, you’ll carry your whole life the compound price of…

28/11/2017

This is from the FT, pointing out that means testing of parental contribution to student maintenance, has some perverse side…

24/11/2017

This is from a review of Jaron Lanier’s new book, in Nature. I think these comments give a flavour of…

06/11/2017

Childhood, which is supposed to be the province of spontaneous play, has become highly administered, with parents and schools priming…

06/11/2017

Woodrow Wilson once remarked that it is easier to change the location of a cemetery than it is to change…

27/10/2017

I always find there is something appealing about old university towns. I am in Uppsala, a city I have visited…

25/10/2017

Yes, the Digestive Excellence Framework (DEF) fro PhD students. And as sensible, too.

23/10/2017

I came across these images from the late Antony Sampson’s series of books on “Who runs this place”. They were…