These seven points are important to understand in the debate between I.T. designers and the philosophers. SEVEN IMPORTANT CORRECTIONS. Understand the opening statement is the conclusion in most debates. No need to go down...
Have we learnt anything in this beast we might call, “the higher education industry”. I fear that I am forced to a cynical answer, which I am sure is not quite correct, and in the analysis, it is a temporary starting point. My cynicism comes from...
Dear friends, It seems that university academics have existed for too long in the ivory tower, that they do not understand the dynamics of interdisciplinary studies and research. Take, for example, the Monash Study where "50 Monash executives and...
Nobody understands “the state of affair” (a philosophical term) of History, Philosophy, Theology in Australia from The Times Higher Education (THE) Supplement’s world rankings of universities. THE has just released the disciplinary measures in their ranking...
Dear friends, What I have been saying for the last few years in the local context, and I just get ignored. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/universities-paying-lip-service-interdisciplinary-research ...
Well, this was unexpected. PM Acknowledgement Letter A letter from the Prime Minister of Australia, and, although not personally but through his Office, it is the first time I have had an acknowledgment from the highest office in our beloved country; a...
“Oxford University’s Professor of Higher Education Simon Marginson said he disliked the Times rankings because there was no rationale for the mix and ratio of the weightings. Meanwhile, he said survey responses from academics were subjective and often unduly amplified...
Dear University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and Griffith Vice-Chancellors, From the RMIT VC, Professor Alec Cameron: "Higher education and vocational education can work together to support the myriad journeys through learning and work, giving...
Without doubt, Allan Megill is the best intellectual historian in the United States. His paradigm on what constitutes historical knowledge, and what constitutes historical error, is the framing for my multidisciplinary work. There are three American scholars, who have...