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Monday, 22 May 2017 - 10:45pm
Mark Trahant
Reality TV works for one simple reason: The antics of the characters are beyond what’s believable in fiction. It’s compelling drama because normal people do not do such things. So part of watching is to find out when the story arc ends, to discover when the situation becomes “normal” again. (Even though the story does go on and on and on.)
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 10:23pm
German Environmental Minister Barbara Hendricks and Chinese Special Climate Envoy Xie Zhenhua jointly held a press conference at the opening of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, where the two ministers stressed the importance of implementing the Paris commitments and urged the US to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement.
Karsten Smid of Greenpeace Germany said:
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 9:10am
As the election draws near, Team Wonkhe is profiling the most interesting parliamentary constituencies with a big university presence. Nona Buckley-Irvine begins the series with Cambridge, an important Lib-Lab marginal.
The post Universities and #GE2017 – Cambridge appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 9:03am
As the Conservative Party manifesto promises a shake-up of the technical education and skills landscape, Andy Westwood argues that universities will need to be fully on board with the changes to come.
The post Forward together in the next major wave of technical education policy appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 9:01am
As the LEO data about to be published could be framed as a huge bet against the future of students, Martin McQuillan weighs up the odds on the general election that stands in its way.
The post Gambling on higher education: When the fun stops, stop appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 7:07am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The former Indiana governor "has supported policies that have targeted the weakest and most vulnerable among us," said one student
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 2:40am
GRAIN
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) has just published its annual report, which confirms that the Southern Cone of Latin America is the region of the world producing the largest quantity of GMOs and having the largest land area under a single monoculture (over 54 million hectares of GM soy in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern Bolivia).
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 2:25am
Christopher Brauchli
Oh for the good old days of heavy post-coaches and speed at the rate of six miles an hour.
— Philip Hone, Diary, November 28, 1834
The preferred way of answering the question would have been to give Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.SC)a copy of his most recent tax returns. Another, and the one chosen, was to have his lawyers send Senator Graham a letter.
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 2:19am
Sheila Kennedy
We Americans tend to be self-satisfied about our national commitment to civil liberties and human rights; when political figures talk about “American Exceptionalism,” they evoke images of the City on the Hill, a virtuous (albeit imaginary) metropolis where liberty and equality are celebrated by a moral citizenry, the rule of law is respected, and human rights are enjoyed by all citizens.
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 1:58am
Jonas Ecke
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 1:06am
Jim Hightower
It’s easy to become mesmerized by The Donald Show in this year’s political circus.
But a lot of the real action is in the outer rings, where the Koch brothers, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and their corporate cohorts have laid siege to our state governments.
Monday, 22 May 2017 - 12:45am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer