University
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Peace in our time? Nah, better teach them war
Our universities have scrapped degrees on peace making, preferring we learn to make war. Last year,…
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4 Ways to Innovate: Lessons from the Global Scholars Symposium
In June 2019, Rhodes House hosted the Global Scholars Symposium. The theme was Cultivating Innovation. Over the…
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Top UK universities remain unreachable for 70% of students
Eight top schools have as many Oxford and Cambridge admissions as the next 2894 UK schools…
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Oxford’s Libraries Should Be Open and Free To The Public
In the last two years, over 100 public libraries across the UK have been forced to…
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Public Talks in Sydney
It is nearly time for Vivid Sydney, and I thought in light of that I’d share…
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Ghost Authoring: How Professors Steal the Work of Their Students
I know several PhD researchers at prestigious universities who keep getting asked to “co-author” a research…
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A History of Law Schools: A Battle Between Law as a Science and Law as a Liberal Art
The history of law schools is a battle of ideas. Ideas over what the law is,…
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How to Write a Thesis Worth Writing
Recently I’ve been writing this book on how to write a thesis worth writing. It combines…
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5 Faults of Modern Universities
Some thoughts on this late at night: 1. The Referencing System: Arguably the most pernicious aspect…
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The Real Socratic Method: Law Schools Fail to Understand Why Socrates Asked So Many Questions
In a true Socratic law school, I suggest, students would be instructed to ask questions to…
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