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education and culture
More students and more degrees do not a smarter country make
The Australian,
4 February 2012
Unfortunately Australia has adopted Britain's policy of increasing the number of students studying in higher education beyond the point where it makes sense.
A vision of art for art’s sake, not for measuring individual political agendas
The Australian,
9 December 2011
In the real world art does not in the least resemble the role of a community pain relief assigned to it by officialdom.
The past is not history but should be retold as part of our future
The Australian,
27 August 2011
One of the most important challenges facing Australia is whether it is prepared to engage with the legacy of its past and ensure that its history becomes a continuous part of its national conversation.
‘We name and shame the evil tabloid hacks!’
spiked,
11 July 2011
The cultural elite’s crusade against News International is only a more erudite version of the News of the World’s war on perverts.
Fördert das Lesen, nicht die Lesekompetenz!
Novo Argumente,
4 July 2011
In westlichen Gesellschaften erleben wir gerade, wie sich ein nicht unbedeutender Teil der Gesellschaft mehr und mehr von der Welt der Bücher und des Lesens entfremdet.
Grayling cries freedom
Times Higher Education,
16 June 2011
New College is a necessary response to a state-run model that denudes our precious autonomy.
Erwachsensein und Autorität im 21. Jahrhundert
NovoArgumente,
10 June 2011
Eine der beunruhigendsten Entwicklungen der letzten zwanzig Jahre ist die Politisierung der Erziehung im Elternhaus.
Public servants who forgot Christmas
The Australian,
7 May 2011
The political bosses of the European Union and their army of technocrats could do worse than listen to the lyrics of the Band Aid tune Do They Know It's Christmas?
Is that biological determinism in your genes, or are you Gaga about free will?
The Australian,
19 February 2011
Lady Gaga, the manic new queen of reinvention, has fallen prey to the fatalistic doctrine of biological determinism.
What have the ancient Greeks done for us lately?
Battle of Ideas,
17 January 2011
Frank Furedi's speech at the Battle of Ideas.
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