"The Uncomfortable Oxford, the tour that tells the dark side of the University" by María Ramírez (eldiario.es; Spanish)
"The tours have been so successful that the group started with one, but now offers several in Oxford, Cambridge and York as well as lectures and other courses. In pandemic, the tours continued virtually, and now the not-for-profit enterprise is sustainable.
Durand comments that the success of his tours reveals "a clear appetite for complex and nuanced discussions of the past and cultural heritage." He believes that history education, heritage and tourism are three sectors that can be brought together in the public space in a fruitful way".
If uni rankings are useful at all, it's not on reputation. We could use rankings on (say) % of students on financial aid; % of faculty tenured or tenure-track; % of tenured faculty who are women, minorities; ratio of teachers to administrators; ratio of avg faculty salary to head football coach salary…
Ugh. I've just gotten most of the way through writing a paper about Kumanjayi Walker and realised that it should actually be about the media coverage of his murder and not the crime itself.
Today's acquisition is the heftiest piece of #Dai#folklore (and indeed any #Chinese folklore of any kind) in my rather sizable collection of folklore-related books. Weighing in at nearly 900 pages it is, again, a translation of Dai ballads into both vernacular Mandarin and English. As with all of the books from this #Wuhan#University Press it is a quality work filled to the brim with footnotes (both on the Chinese side and the English, different).
It's also likely going to be a work that takes me months to years to work through.
Such is the life of a time-limited #hobbyist of folklore.
"Using a May 2022 nationally representative survey of American registered voters (n = 2,096), we examine the multivariate correlates of trust in university research and opinions about climate change."
Equity and Merit Scholarships for International Students, University of Manchester
'There are 40 scholarships (30 for full-time, 10 online study) for courses in engineering, environment, health sciences, development, #Education, textiles and law. The scheme is open to applicants from Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.'
My swanky new office. That I can’t get into because I don’t have a key. And even if I could get in, there’s no desk. But, after a windowless existence for many years, it is nice to finally see some daylight. 😆 @academicchatter@histodons#histodon#adjunctlife#university#highered