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education and culture
Spell it like it is
spiked,
12 August 2008
The idea that we shuold except student’s spelling misstakes as merely ‘variant spellings’ speaks to the denigration of Trooth in education.
A first-class fiasco
Times Higher Education,
31 July 2008
The reason the degree classification system is broken is too little autonomy, not too much.
Bologna looms, so Zagreb marches. We barely notice
The Guardian,
17 June 2008
We should be having a discussion about the Bologna accord.
iPod for their thoughts?
Times Higher Education,
29 May 2008
Relentless pressure to give a positive response to the National Student Survey breeds corruption and cynicism.
Let’s turn a new page in the world of reading
spiked,
12 May 2008
Teaching children that books are mere resources to be ‘consumed’ is having a baleful impact on reading, culture and the quality of public life.
Letting the truth of music speak for itself
Daily Telegraph,
26 April 2008
Flat-pack degrees
The Guardian,
22 April 2008
Learn how to sell furniture - but not at university.
It’s a vxd question: why your lecture isn’t as important as an SMS
Times Higher Education,
16 April 2008
Academics' insecurity about their lecturing skills has hit new lows in an age of unrepentantly rude mobile phone users.
The truth about music
spiked,
14 April 2008
There is no ‘truer truth’ than that which comes through music, said Robert Browning. Which makes today’s transformation of music into a tool of social policy all the more tragic.
Can we teach people to be happy?
The Guardian,
19 February 2008
Anthony Seldon and Frank Furedi set out their arguments before the first of a series of live public debates on educational issues.
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