Context is all important in asking any question? And these days a key question is the importance of history. Pragmatic agendas of the daily grind obscure how significance the study of the past is for getting a perspective on how to live a better life. This blog looks at how different present contexts are better understood from what preceded.
Tax-free stipends, last year, for Ph.D. candidates, amounted to A$32,192, about $619 a week. There is concern that the amount is too close to the poverty line. Without payments for my professional work, which stems from a Ph.D. and two graduate diplomas,...
Dear friends, A message not from me, but, as one of the many Queensland public, I support. "Queensland Government's inability to deal with histories." Queensland Ignored Its Own Bicentenary...
From John Wagner's List on LinkedIn. Corporate culture that needs to get canceled in 2025: * Micromanagement * Mandatory Return To Office * Glorifying Overworking * Expecting staff to be available 24/7 * Meetings that could have been an...
On Linked-In: Dear Hiring Managers, I would like to express my feelings regarding a recent interview experience that I found quite disappointing. I applied for a position about a month ago, and the job posting is still active. The marketing...
https://www.facebook.com/events/601373408905942/ The Enormity of Facebook Technology Design Failure. But I finally beat it. Cognition is the "mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought,...
The average person would be shock when they learn how small the Australian Higher Education Sector is for citizens and residents of Australia, taking the international market out of the equation. Here is the data: ...
Dear friends, Thoughts? A wealthy school could afford to improve the teaching strategy, the same curriculum, by retro-technology. But in the United States there has been thinking on meritocracy for nearly a century, and, indeed, the reform of...
I have known in my time, petit bullies, pro-vice-chancellors, and even vice-chancellors with silence before public demand for change. Those executive officers who do have genuine conversations on the 'demands for change' are not bullies. The petit bullies are those...
Dear friends and decision makers, Why is Australia so afraid to expand its higher education sector? John Hewson's The trap of student caps. This is John Hewson, the dry, for God's Sake! The government...