When we talk about historical research, several concepts such as the past, history and a series of images and notions about what, supposedly, happened long ago, come to mind. This linear, rigid, objective and monolithic perception of history that is often confused with the past is the introduction to this article. And we say this since the past is not understood […] … learn more→

A bright and actionable data management strategy must be at the heart of every company’s records and information architecture, systems and procedures. In a business, the management must implement the right practices and have the right principles in place as these are critical elements in accomplishing tangible results speedily. Because enterprises are rapidly embracing the […] … learn more→

Graduation is over. The banners have been folded up for another year, the tide of new graduates has ebbed from the campus, along with frenetic waves of proud parents. Stoical folk from hospitality are retrieving the last of the wine glasses from their resting places around the public statuary, while pigeons pick tentatively at the […] … learn more→

Our “leaders” in higher ed have had a blank check for decades, literally able to do whatever they want as long the student loan money kept pouring in. The kind of corruption this has led to is breathtaking, and I assure the gentle reader that the horrific activities at Penn State, the intergenerational fraud at […] … learn more→

Today’s modern self-starter generation is perhaps one of the most entrepreneurially-minded of recent decades. With majority of young people found not to be content working for large corporations, more 18-24-year-olds than ever are declaring their intent to form their own business. Indeed, they’ve seen many people find success in starting from scratch – from online […] … learn more→

How do you help and support your precariat colleagues? At Research Whisperer, we engage a lot with issues of precarity and casualisation. We think it’s a huge issue that needs urgent address in academia, and it’s a global problem. We were recently invited to speak to casuals at an NTEU Victoria event where I talked […] … learn more→

Often when I speak with students who are majoring in computer sciences, many of them tell me that they have never taken a computer science course until college. This is especially true for the female, black, and Latino students I’ve spoken with as a computer science professor. But newly released data from the College Board suggests […] … learn more→

National security concerns make headlines in the US every day: the crisis at our southern border, data breaches, cyberwarfare and unpredictable international actors, just to name a few. But for those of us whose professional lives have positioned us around the globe, it’s clear that another national security issue looms large. Our educational system is […] … learn more→

When it comes to learning, especially at exam time students try to cram. There is so much to learn that we struggle to take it all in, we fill ourselves to overload and we try to find ways to filter what we need most. Technology is helping the world master the ability to learn but […] … learn more→

Yes, many college degrees are worthless, but even among those supposed fields where a degree is of value, there’s an issue that I only touch on from time to time: grade inflation. Suppose you’re an employer, and you’ve already restricted applicants to some very job-specific degree. Can you narrow it down further than that? Well, […] … learn more→