June 2011
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Time to show some respect
What's a blog for if it isn't about bringing recondite websites to a (in all probability, very slightly) wider audience. In that spirit, here's Rodent Respect courtesy of my colleague Alan Reid. A website created for scientists and students working with...
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Studying climate's ok (probably); but studying climate change definitely isn't
In an interview with the Guardian, Tim Oates (Chair of the national curriculum review expert panel and director of assessment research and development, Cambridge Assessment) has called for the national curriculum "to get back to the science in science. ......
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Hear Hear
The Guardian carried a welcome story at the weekend about an alternative [or, in the first instance, a complement] to university degree classification through the higher education achievement report (HEAR). The report begins: Every university in the country will...
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Last Word
Comments posted on the blog have suggested to me that I may not fully understand the methodology behind People & Planet's league tables, and that I should look at them more closely. This sounded all too likely, I have...
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£9000 Spendid – £18000 Terrible
It is not only this week's Spiked that is wondering about all the bile that has been heaped on poor old AC Grayling's head over the last few days – just Google "New College Grayling" to see the wide-ranging abuse...
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The Olympic Flame is not for Recycling
I learnt today from a member of LOGOC that the Olympic flame is not any old recycled flame, but is brand new for each games. Phew! We were reassured about this at the Wiltshire Assembly meeting today (we were...
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From Bonn to Tokyo - traveling with with Chuck Hopkins
It was great to see Chuck Hopkins at a CREE [University of Bath] seminar yesterday. He talked about the roads both to and from Bonn, and on to the culmination of the ESD Decade in Tokyo (we presume). These are...
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Grade Inflation hits the University Green League
The 2011 university green league tables are published in today's Guardian. The usual suspects skulk near the top, but the University of Bath has managed to make it to 31st equal (6 others share this triumph) – up from a...
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Welcome clarification from the TDA
In my readings around UNECE’s latest edicts around the teacher competencies that will be needed if they (teachers, that is) are to save the planet, I thought it best to reacquaint myself with what the Teaching Development Agency (TDA for...
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Report from the bottom line: the UK National Ecosystem Assessment
I woke up today to discover that this significant publication has emerged. As the Independent puts it: A view of green space from your bedroom window? That's worth £300 to you each year. The total value of British woodland...