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Category: MICE: Management Institute for Contributory Economy
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Future of the History Discipline and History Careers Outside Universities
Letter (email) from Stuart Forbes Macintyre, to Dr Neville Buch, 20 May 2017 at 16:07: We know from the work done on public engagement in history (first in the US and then by Paula Hamilton and Paul Ashton at UTS) that studying history is a relatively minor form of participation and that…
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Dr Neil Peach’s Dot-Points on “Political Problem”
Following insights on the structure of human life from Dr Michael Macklin, Dr Neil Peach wrote: “I can add some less remarkable points.” There is a predisposition in many social settings to avoid the political because – the small p and the capital P are conflated. Many genuine political discussions…
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Endless Reporting and Tracking, and Machine Non-Thinking
We have all experience it: Endless Reporting and Tracking, and Machine Non-Thinking. Here is a number which is meaningless: 3.6 millions are on Centrelink payments. Phillips and Narayanan (2021) of the ANU puts it more meaningful: The Australian social security system spends around $120 billion dollars in cash transfers…
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Propaganda and Executive University Rhetoric
‘We can’t ask to turn the clock back. The resources just aren’t there’ As he takes up the presidency of Universities UK, Manchester Met vice-chancellor Malcolm Press today speaks to Times Higher Education about the financial challenges institutions face – and he’s under no illusions. “The government won’t always be able to do everything we…
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An Open Letter for Equity
By Dr Neville Buch, the opinions expressed are the author’s own On 24 July 2025, an “Open Letter to the Prime Minister: Restoring Equity in Higher Education” was produced by a distinguished group of individuals, “with a range of political beliefs whose contributions to Australian life owe significantly to our Bachelor of…
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Australian Universities Afraid of Open Communication and Intelligent Conversation
I must apologise for posting in what would seem a simple matter of emailing the universities and asking them to stop blocking me in my legitimate, academic communications. However, you have the ‘chicken-and-egg’ problem. In order to let the authorities know they have either made a mistake or a deliberate unjust action (with no justifiable…
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TASA Statement on the Targeting of the Social Sciences and Humanities
Please read the TASA Statement on the Targeting of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 20 June 2025. It very much matters. TASA STATEMENT
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Impact Rankings 2025: results announced, Times Higher Education Supplement (THE)
The Times Higher Education Supplement (THE) has announced its Impact Rankings 2025 results, and it is rather surprising. In total, Asian universities occupy 22 of the top 50 spots in the overall ranking (up from 12 last year) – compared with 11 from Australasia, nine from Europe, eight from North America, and…
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MICE Proposed Principles
This article is a discussion space in deciding the statements which could be the MICE Principles: Management Institute for Contributory Economy. The draft discussion article comes from Dr Neville Buch’s interpretation of the message from Dr Michael Macklin in 1989 to the Australian Senate. (Video and Another Extract from Senator Macklin): …