i see that as an argument against Camden's state schools.
― aka best bum of the o_O's (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
I don't actually consider these people to be good draws as academics at all - they're mass-market paperback pulp pop humanities people.
kinda groaning here. not even a big fan of colley or cannadine, but they're not what you just said.
― an actual guy talking in an actual rhythm (history mayne), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i think saying this guys don't have chops in a strictly academic sense is trying a bit hard
― caek, Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
fucking philosophy anyway, what's the point of it?
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Young draws on his own experience and offers Grayling the following advice: “Don’t give an inch. No compromise, no surrender.”
I'm sure he could fit in an hour a year to teach English Lit.
― модный хипстер (ShariVari), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
When it comes to "public intellectuals", Freddie Ayer stomps A.C. Grayling into a thousand million billon zillion particles
― Tom D has taken many months to run this thread to ground (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
The real concern for state universities will be whether companies like the one i work for want to muscle in on the game - offering standardised, high-quality, brand-name education in London / Shanghai / Mumbai / wherever, undercutting fees and hoovering up staff with no requirement to provide unprofitable / niche courses.― модный хипстер (ShariVari), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:56 (4 weeks ago) Bookmark
― модный хипстер (ShariVari), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:56 (4 weeks ago) Bookmark
Four weeks ahead of the game!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14011448
This is just the start. Much more significant a story than Grayling's finishing school.
― модный хипстер (ShariVari), Thursday, 7 July 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/sep/18/ac-graylings-university-open-60-students
lol
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 09:56 (eleven years ago) link
yuk yuk yuk
― conrad, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link