#freepalestine #endtheoccupation
#freepalestine #endtheoccupation
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 8 April 2011 Sarah Amsler has recently asked: Why aren’t more academics speaking and acting out in greater earnest against the destructive policies of privatization, marketization and corporatization now being imposed on and from…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 28 March 2011 The slides for this workshop are available on my slideshare. Introduction: beyond cuts and taxation In a recent workshop on the alternative to cuts, DMU’s Sally Ruane argued that if the…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 9 February 2011 I’m always banging on about the purpose of education. So, I wondered what some of my friends [not in education] would say when asked “what is the purpose of education? “about…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 24 January 2011 This post complements my keynote at the 11th Teesside University Learning and Teaching Conference, held on Wednesday 26th January. There are two slideshows. The first, entitled “in solidarity”, is a rolling…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 16 November 2010 I was taken with Mike Neary’s description of the 10th November national demonstration by students, staff and supporters of HE as a public good. It was important that Mike called his…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 8 November 2010 Charles Arthur wrote in Saturday’s Guardian that the UK Government shouldn’t hang on Google’s every word. Arthur makes some interesting points around the increasing privatisation of public spaces and assets. [Although…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 26 October 2010 The Browne Review and the cuts announced in the UK CSR have prompted much heat and some light around the idea of higher education [HE], and the notion of state support…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 27 April 2009 Amongst all the heat surrounding Australia’s move towards being a broadband nation [with the project cited as “nation-building”], and the UK Government’s attempts to lever the same in its proposed UK…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 6 May 2009 I recently blogged about Social exclusion and digital Britain, focusing upon how Universities should be engaging in partnerships with local communities, in order both to enhance learning literacies that are facilitated…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 11 July 2009 Caveat: Before we get started on this I’m not saying that HEFCE don’t lead already. The HEFCE Strategic Plan frames an enabling environment for encouraging devolved institutional approaches, flexibility of mission…