Independent learning in a European perspective September 25, 2007
Posted by gesta in Academia, Boundaries, Debate.Tags: assessment, Bologna process, HEPI, higher education policy, teaching
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Previously I have written about the differences in contact and private study hours across subjects taught in English universities. I also mentioned the mountain of salt with which these surveys need to be taken. Today’s Education Guardian and BBC education pages report on a similar survey looking at hours spent studying across Europe. Is this the case of another survey, another mountain of salt? (more…)
Ships and sewers September 10, 2007
Posted by gesta in Academia, Medieval.Tags: archaeology, Liverpool, Mary Rose, Newport, Viking
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There is much archaeology in the news today. Archaeologists from Nottingham University think they have discovered a Viking long ship buried under a pub in Liverpool through using GPR equipment. Meanwhile, archaeologists in Jerusalem claim to have found drainage channels that were used by the Jews to escape the Romans in the first century AD.
