Usually when I talk about the looting of our higher educational system by the Poo Bahs “leading” it, I focus on their amazing pay and ridiculous perks. But there’s more, so much more to it, from huge construction kickbacks (honest, the mad building spree in higher ed exists for a reason) to pedophilic coverups (Hi […] … learn more→

Britain is facing an uncertain future and an uneasy relationship with Europe after Brexit and the latest general election. Among other things, a key determiner of the success of Brexit will be the UK’s ability to conduct negotiations without language barriers. But the country’s woeful inability to learn languages, and the decline in foreign language […] … learn more→

The solitary aspects of a PhD can certainly be amongst the most challenging to manage. Whether you work on campus among an active community of fellow researchers or as a distance student, the process of researching and writing a PhD inevitably involves lots of time alone in your head. It’s no surprise that many of […] … learn more→

At the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, Miss Jean Brodie’s students are “the crème de la crème”. They keep their own counsel and wear their Panama hats tipped back, ardently clustering, like disciples at Miss Brodie’s feet, under the elm tree in the school garden. In Muriel Spark’s novel of 1961, set during the 1930s, […] … learn more→

Content development is an intricate process that requires custom writing content for the different clients who you are working with. As a content writer or developer you will have to make sure that you are providing content that not only suits the needs of the client but will be of some value for the readers. […] … learn more→

Modern societies are usually defined as relatively unreligious, dominated by money and power rather than belief in gods. This idea marks them out as modern when compared to traditional societies as well as highlighting the many issues of modernity including capitalism, growth, overproduction and climate change. But why are we so sure that secularisation and […] … learn more→

One in eight Australians will never get Year 12 qualifications. Some, but not all of these people, make up the one in eight Australians who will be disengaged from full-time work, study or training for most of their lives. These groups are the subject of Mitchell Institute’s Counting the Costs of Lost Opportunity report. The […] … learn more→

Students and parents have long cared about the earnings potential of different degrees, but information previously available to them has been of low quality. Information published on 13 June by the Department for Education using the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset is a dramatic upgrade on what was once in the public realm. Instead of […] … learn more→

“Wow. So I guess you’re not using your PhD, huh?” It would be a surprising question if it were the first time that I heard it. Last week, another person offered their unsolicited opinion of my graduate degree and its apparent utility. True, the comment wasn’t overtly “snarky,” but the inference of years of wasted […] … learn more→

It’s so funny watching higher education in the UK slide into the pit, embracing the same failed structures that did so much harm to higher education in the US. Wasn’t anyone paying attention? It seems every time I read an article about the failure of higher education in the UK, it’s familiar to me: it’s […] … learn more→