‘Bad’ history October 16, 2009
Posted by gesta in Academia, Debate.Tags: bad history
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No sooner do I launch an incoherent post on ‘impact’ (which in itself illustrates the dangers of such woolly concepts) on an unsuspecting world, than the Times Higher features a lengthy article on Bad History, starring Miri Rubin and Jonathan Phillips amongst some modernists. Although the article isn’t explicitly about impact, historians looking for a crumb of comfort in these vicissitudinous times may be relieved that some people haven’t lost the plot entirely.
Impact October 15, 2009
Posted by gesta in Academia, Boundaries, Debate.Tags: higher education policy, intelligent people being idiots, rants
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If you keep up with the Higher Education pages in the UK newspapers, you will know that there has been a great deal of comment on a mysterious entity called ‘impact’ lately. Impact is the latest government and research council buzz word for why our research must have some definable economic or social goal: where is the next technological gadget or government initiative coming from in otherwords. Impact will also replace esteem in the REF, which in itself, replaces the RAE, except with a bigger percentage (more…)
