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Degrees in virtual world?
One of the advantages of having friends who are now big grand pooh bahs in the academic world is that one gets a fascinating insight into what the future of our society will be. After all, these profe...
Best universities for sex and alcohol
Check this table out. Lets see where I stack up w.r.t. the UK universities. Studied in Manchester and KCL, first is ok, and the second is not even mentioned. What a bummer! Technorati Tags:...
A fascinating paper on peer-review
This does make you think, no? Let me put this in another way, price formation happens in the financial markets based upon supply, demand and expectations of what and how the stock will perform in the ...
Creativity - Saudi Arabia versus Malaysia
In a short discussion about creativity in Saudi Arabia, I was reminded of a presentation that I saw in KL. It referred to a bill of guarantees. This is a promise by the Government of Malaysia that it ...
More on Univ of Nottingham's freedom of speech issue
I was forwarded an email by a friend of mine who works in another university, I personally think this is too understated, but still... Dear All, Some of you will have heard of the sh...
More university sad news
I was first exposed to this step when i enrolled in Manchester for my PhD. The entry document said that I was enrolled for an MPhil, NOT an PhD. It is only after 1 year of study and then presentation ...
More incompetency by the Labour Government
Fundamental research is the cornerstone of civilisation, we have to have scientists researching the fundamentals of science, pushing forward with new ideas. And this is, by its very nature, to be fund...
Outrageous imposition on freedom of speech
This story got me very upset. How dare the police impinge on the freedom of speech in this country? And to top it all, it was the bloody university which put these boys in? It clearly is disproportion...
And yet again some British Academics play the fool
And again and again, again and again, British professional bodies constantly turn to being stupid in pushing this anti Israel or Boycott agenda. Simply stupid, and given the pretty much constancy in...
Oxbridge top employer ranking is MI5
How impressive and amazing that the top brains of the country are going into the domestic intelligence agency, followed by Google, BBC, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, FCO, Morgan Stanley, Civil Service, Pen...
Manners, are obvious optional at Brown
What is with the American universities? You invite somebody to speak at your college and then you insult them or you throw paint bombs at them. Wonderful, gentlemen, I can see all that education to ...
University customer service?
This is a curious case, is this going to be related to a freedom of speech case or a defamation case. Well, this step by the university is frankly silly. Here's the video. Take a look at the comments,...
Fighting College Plagiarism With Plagiarism
This was ironic:I quote:It seemed like an honorable goal: Draft an honor code for University ofTexas at San Antonio students to follow, exhorting them not to cheat orplagiarize.But when students threw...
Kill one teacher and you murder thousands
The influence of a teacher stops at eternity so if you kill a teacher, you stopped human development and killed thousands. A tribute to Dr. G. C. Dev Mohammad Abdur Rashid THE government of Ban...