Monthly Archives: September 2020

Post-truth is more dangerous than lies

Post-truth is more dangerous than lies

There is so much talk about post-truth that, in 2016, “post-truth” was named word of the year by Oxford dictionaries . But what phenomenon does that word refer to? At first, it could be said that in post-truth times the truth has been left behind, as in postmodernity it was intended to overcome modernity. What is this about leaving the […] … learn more→

For many immigrant students, remote learning during COVID-19 comes with more hurdles

For many immigrant students, remote learning during COVID-19 comes with more hurdles

Schools across the U.S. responded to the COVID-19 pandemic last spring with an unprecedented shift to remote learning – a trend that has continued into the new school year for many districts. Millions of children now use laptops and tablets at home as part of their daily education. This arrangement is neither ideal nor easy. But immigrant students who […] … learn more→

Easy and efficient ways to ship oversized package

Easy and efficient ways to ship oversized package

The market offers merchants numerous transportation options to choose from. However, shipping large items can be expensive and challenging at times for online merchants and shippers. If your shipment includes items like machinery, appliances, or large-sized goods, then chances are your shipment will not fit into standard parcel shipping. To solve this problem, we have […] … learn more→

If universities really want to promote impact, they must work together

If universities really want to promote impact, they must work together

The catastrophic wildfires raging on the west coast of the US in the midst of a global pandemic have served to underscore the critical contribution that university research makes in responding to the grand challenges facing humanity. Australia’s own bushfire crisis last summer saw many regional universities cement their value as “anchor institutions” in and […] … learn more→

Equality measures in universities need independent oversight

Equality measures in universities need independent oversight

The philosopher and cultural theorist Gary Hall describes the current disruption of higher education as the “Uberification of the university”. The Covid-19 pandemic and the opening up of the relatively protected spaces of university campuses to the digital platform economy have put that process on steroids. Almost overnight, the very definition of a university classroom […] … learn more→

#litreview – getting to argument, part 2.

#litreview – getting to argument, part 2.

Writing about literatures doesn’t mean writing a summary of what you have read. You dont want a paragraph by paragraph laundry list of the texts you’ve been reading organised into a rough kind of order. Of course you write summaries as a means of making sense of your readings, but it’s not where you stop. […] … learn more→

Coping with the rational chaos of Chinese higher education

Coping with the rational chaos of Chinese higher education

Despite being Hong Kong Chinese myself, I experienced profound culture shock when I began working in Chinese higher education. Foreign, and particularly Western, scholars often find certain aspects of Chinese higher education very disconcerting. I come from the region categorised as jingwai (the Chinese areas outside mainland China, which include Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao) by the government of the […] … learn more→