Since the days of Europe’s first universities, higher education has tended to be elitist and exclusive. While there were always exceptions provided to the remarkably bright and talented, by and large universities educated the children of the wealthy.
May 2012
Monthly Archive
May 23, 2012
Guest post*: The ongoing global advance of online learning
Posted by smurph under Uncategorized | Tags: China daily, Estelle Shullman, Hechinger Report, MIT open courseware, online learning, online schools, Open Culture, UK Open University |No Comments
May 6, 2012
Of Oxford, books and a theory of stupidity
Posted by smurph under Uncategorized | Tags: books, Carlo Cipolla, e-books, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Oxford, Ruggiero Romano |No Comments
Every Thursday, near the centre of Oxford, sees the Gloucester Green ‘Antique and Craft Market’. Two immediate caveats: Gloucester Green is now a car park rather than the picturesque grass field you might imagine (though there is the odd tree, as you can see); and it’s more of a flea market than its grand title [...]