Monthly Archives: May 2010
EduLinks – Deep Thought & Deep Cleansing
Here we go again with the linkageness! The American Scholar – Reading in a digital age We need the Internet, we need novels, we need to read. We also need to sort out quick fixes and deep focus. This article … Continue reading
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Russell Group on HE fees and funding
The Russell Group has today released its first submission to the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding. Student leaders are outraged that the report suggests an increase in debt repayment rates, lower repayment thresholds for graduates, and a real interest … Continue reading
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Filed under academia, higher education, money, spending, student loan, University
Graduation Rap
The whirl of life, inspiration, doing what you want, breaking rules…I found this “Class of 2010 Graduation Song” and wanted to share it here. Full of hope, full of push, full of win: “Know who you are, own it, cuz … Continue reading
The whirl of life and doing what you want
My life has whirled in so many directions over the past fortnight. Up, down, left, right, high, low, upside down, inside out. (That’s before you even include the election madness that’s been going on.) I’ve been all over the place…mainly … Continue reading
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Making your own decision should be a DIY job.
Just because ‘everyone else does it’ doesn’t mean you should join in. It may be ‘everyone’ around you drinking heavily and partying regularly, it may be ‘everyone’ procrastinating on purpose, it may be ‘everyone’ moaning about the state of the … Continue reading
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