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Kevin is founder of the world.edu project. The past 28 years have been involved in publishing to the education sector in print and the internet. Kevin has a degree in Education and has a many years experience in developing companies and projects.
A new low: “Thinking differently” is RACIST

A new low: “Thinking differently” is RACIST

It seems like every week our “scholars” in higher ed make another startling discovery, that something innocuous is, in fact, RACIST. I’ve certainly covered many of these revelations, from milk, to fiscal responsibility, to showing up on time, but I’d like to put a capstone on the ultimate of this madness: Diversity of Thought Victor […] … learn more→

How the PROSPER Act could negatively impact LGBTQ students

How the PROSPER Act could negatively impact LGBTQ students

The PROSPER Act, a bill to reauthorize and overhaul key elements of higher education law, could be brought for a vote in the House of Representatives any day now. Even so, the actual level of support for the PROSPER Act is still largely unknown. A number of groups, ranging from bipartisan officials, educational leaders, veterans groups, and even the Pentagon, already oppose […] … learn more→

Universities can help recruit more science and maths teachers, but they can’t do it alone

Universities can help recruit more science and maths teachers, but they can’t do it alone

Calls for universities to recruit more science and maths students as a way of boosting numbers of specialist school teachers, or risk losing funding, fails to recognise the complexity of the task. While Education Minister Simon Birmingham’s recent announcement is well-intended, putting the responsibility on universities is unfair. It fails to consider that the way the teaching […] … learn more→

Millennials: the age of entitlement

Millennials: the age of entitlement

I’m so lost! Your course is so confusing. Like, I really have no idea what to do and, like, I’m ready to simply cry and, like, drop this crazy course.” Susie, a major in education, blinked, but no tears came; she just kept glaring at me with her elaborately made-up brown eyes. She had texted […] … learn more→

Introducing dr deluded

Introducing dr deluded

Dr Deluded just can’t get published. It’s not that he doesn’t try. Dr Deluded writes a lot and submits to journals. In fact, he is so keen to get his work out into the world that he sends his manuscripts off as soon as he is finished with them. But he is consistently bothered and bewildered […] … learn more→

Difficulties and ways to innovate in pedagogy

Difficulties and ways to innovate in pedagogy

Designing new ways of teaching is an imperative if we want to help students to understand the upheavals brought about by societal and technological changes, and to teach them how to adapt to a world that is changing very quickly. Moreover, from MOOCs, to inverted class attempts, educational innovations often spur much experimentation and investment […] … learn more→