It’s no secret that the for-profit schools are doing the most harm to human beings via student loans…it’s such common knowledge that they are shedding students quickly, many have lost half or more of their students or shut down in the last five years. Now, the only reason these schools gained such infamy is our […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
The predatory Art School
Online learning is a friend, not a foe, of traditional education
When we reflect on that grand philosophical question, what is the purpose of higher education, there are many answers we could offer. Part of the answer, however, must be that it is to prepare students for the world beyond university and the realities of the workplace. To its credit, the UK government recently announced a […] … learn more→
Make an Erasmus stay … And after?
For Erasmus students in non-selective fields, studying at a foreign institution is rewarding. This valorization is not only felt as a gratification because of the personalization of his career by the student, but results in a concrete and material return on investment, which is verified objectively by the path of Malia or Loïc for not take […] … learn more→
‘Fortnite’ teaches the wrong lessons
In recognition of the fact that “Fortnite” has quickly become one of the most popular video games in the world – one played by more than 125 million players – I decided to play the game myself in an attempt to understand its widespread appeal. As a parent and as a political theorist who focuses on education and its […] … learn more→
How a National Education Service could help to break down class divisions
The EU Referendum of 2016 was never a political football match. In spite of the tone that runs through the debate, there are no clear-cut winners or losers in this battle. If Britain ends up better off after Brexit, then everyone wins – Remainers and Leave supporters alike. But nobody wins if the UK ends up in […] … learn more→
Why block subjects might not be best for university student learning
Block subjects is a model of teaching students one subject at a time over two to four weeks, rather than several subjects at a time over ten to 13 weeks in a semester. For some, like Victoria University, the model is a stunning success. There are already tangible improvements in pass rates in the first year of implementation. What’s […] … learn more→
We must take academic plagiarism seriously
“Antonio Vivaldi did not write 600 concerti, but the same concerto 600 times.” This witticism, which has been ascribed – possibly apocryphally – to the 20th-century Italian composer Luigi Dallapicolla, could also be applied, with a few factual tweaks, to Vivaldi’s contemporary, Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach not only reused his own material through the process […] … learn more→
Shooting stars: Your complete guide to Astrophotography
The stars are beautiful to look at and even more beautiful to photograph. We take an in-depth look at how to do so with this complete guide to astrophotography. We humans have been looking at the sky in wonder since the dawn of time. And if you’ve seen these amazing astronomy photos, you may even […] … learn more→
Pint of Science: Sips of science for everyone
Systematically practiced in the scientific world, communication is a central, complex exercise that responds to codes specific to the academic world, with specificities from one discipline to another. True “caudine forks” of research, symposia, conferences, congresses, national, European or international level require to transmit complex knowledge, sometimes the fruit of long years of research, in just […] … learn more→
Gender studies banned at university – the Hungarian government’s latest attack on equality
After several months of tensions between the government and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian academics are once again up in arms, after the academy banned two conference presentations on what many are claiming to be purely political grounds. According to the Hungarian Free Press, one of the talks, which looked at the under-representation of women in the computer […] … learn more→
