In case you hadn’t heard, the Japanese government have recently instructed public universities to close their humanities and social science faculties and concentrate on “areas that better serve society’s needs”. Here is the Times Higher Education Supplement article about it. This open letter is my response to the men behind that decision. Dear Messrs Abe and Shimomura, IContinue reading “Open letter to Japan’s Prime Minister and Education Minister on their instruction to close humanities and social science faculties”
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Links 03-03-2010
A not oft-heard argument that the European Commission is more democratic than the British Cabinet Ilana Bet-El in the Guardian on why Member States only have themselves to blame if they don’t think Ashton is doing well. Michael Crick reminds me why Michael Foot’s death is a big deal And because we want the bestContinue reading “Links 03-03-2010”