#freepalestine #endtheoccupation
#freepalestine #endtheoccupation
slower and more calculated/no chance of escape/now self-employed/concerned (but powerless)/an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)/ calm/fitter, healthier and more productive/a pig/in a cage/on antibiotics Radiohead. 1997. Fitter. Happier. ONE. Endings Endings are important. Fucked-up endings remain.…
There is a symposium being hosted by Coventry University UCU, on Friday 15 September 2015. The symposium is focused on the following two questions. Has the idea of Higher Education as a social good been replaced by the idea of…
I was asked two questions at Bishop Grosseteste University after I spoke on crisis and educational repair earlier today, which made me reflect on “what is to be done?” I interpreted these questions as follows. Given the crises of sociability that…
I’m presenting at the Bishop Grosseteste University learning and teaching conference on Monday 22 June. There is a separate blog-post on my topic of dismantling the curriculum in higher education here. The abstract and some references are linked here. The slides for my…
I’m speaking at the Educational Innovation in Economics and Business (EdinEB) conference next Wednesday (3 June), in Brighton. The conference is focused on the interplay between theory and practice, with the focus on “Critically questioning educational innovation in economics and business: Human…
I’m presenting at the Bishop Grosseteste University learning and teaching conference on Monday 22 June. There is a fuller blog-post on my topic of dismantling the curriculum in higher education here. Abstract As a response to on-going economic crisis and the…
anxiety aŋˈzʌɪəti/ noun a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome: “he felt a surge of anxiety” Synonyms: worry; concern; apprehension; apprehensiveness; consternation; unease; fearfulness; disquiet; perturbation; fretfulness; agitation; angst; nervousness; stress; trepidation; foreboding; suspense.…
I’m speaking at the Educational Innovation in Economics and Business (EdinEB) conference on 3 June, in Brighton. The conference is focused on the interplay between theory and practice, with the focus on “Critically questioning educational innovation in economics and business:…
ONE. Resistance is futile. In discussing the financialisation of higher education, and the marketisation that is immanent to it, Andrew McGettigan has argued that: I am frequently asked, ‘what then should be done?’ My answer is that unless academics rouse…
Businessmen drink my blood Like the kids in art school said they would Arcade Fire. 2011. Ready to Start. ONE. We are losing that University life, which bell hooks wrote about as a space and a time for self-actualisation: a…