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education and culture
Making a Balls-up of education
spiked,
11 July 2007
As schools minister Ed Balls calls for lessons in emotional and economic wellbeing, it’s clear the Brown government is as philistine as the Blairites.
This principle is not negotiable
Times Higher Education Supplement,
6 July 2007
If monitoring Muslim groups threatens free speech, then surely boycotting Israeli academics does too.
Hijacking education
spiked,
12 June 2007
From global warming alarmism dressed up as Geography to 'happiness teaching' through yoga: the classroom has been hijacked by zealous campaigners who care little for pedagogy.
Tick yes to raise the standard
Times Higher Education Supplement,
25 May 2007
Standardised marking will be no fairer than what we have now and will lead to a grading system that discounts individuals' achievements
I refuse to jump through hoops
Times Higher Education Supplement,
13 April 2007
Performance management won't make universities more effective; instead it will distract academics from their work and breed institutional cynicism
Time to get off the treadmill
Times Higher Education Supplement,
2 March 2007
Each day brings another invitation to some pointless conference. We should start giving them all the cold shoulder.
We need teachers, not amateur therapists
spiked,
11 July 2006
Schools have no business teaching children how to be ‘happy’
Excitement no money can buy
The Times Higher Educational Supplement,
16 June 2006
If we spark students' idealism and curiosity, they may begin to see us as more than paid servants.
In pursuit of the happy bunnies
Times Higher Education Supplement,
27 January 2006
Massaged, meaningless student satisfaction surveys are the end product of a malign audit culture
Give them a little textual pleasure
Times Higher Education Supplement,
21 October 2005
Forget course guides and handouts, students need to embrace the book
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