The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 1, 2023

My fellow medievalist Christopher Allmand, who has died aged 86, was a historian of the hundred years war, especially during and after the reign of Henry V, to which Christopher devoted a major study in 1992. He was an important figure in a golden generation of British scholars who made a substantial contribution to the study of later medieval French history, notably Peter Lewis, Richard Vaughan, Kenneth Fowler, Michael CE Jones and Malcolm Vale.

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Paul Gordon Brown

JANUARY 1, 2023

The following iPhoneography photos taken around Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. See also: My photos of Mexico City iPhoneography is the art of creating photos with an Apple iPhone. This is a style of mobile photography that differs from other forms of digital photography in that images are both shot and processed entirely on the iOS device.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

JANUARY 1, 2023

Increasingly, universities are being asked to prove their contribution to society. Many citizens, aided by social media, have become more overtly critical of science and the democratisation of knowledge has challenged higher education as the sole proprietors of knowledge. Just as important are doubts about the legitimacy of the university that are coming from within.

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Paul Gordon Brown

JANUARY 1, 2023

The following iPhoneography photos were taken during my times visiting Nevada. See also: My photos of Las Vegas My Photos of Reno My photos of Lake Tahoe Valley of Fire Death Valley (Okay, so this is really California, mostly.) Red Rock Canyon Hoover Dam iPhoneography is the art of creating photos with an Apple iPhone.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

JANUARY 1, 2023

We now know that the startups that most enjoyed a pandemic-era boom are now the same startups facing difficult questions about how to navigate a not-so-looming downturn. But edtech is a sector that rose to an entirely different stratosphere in 2020 and 2021, as the demand for remote learning skyrocketed. As demand grew, so did investor appetite. The same venture capital rounds that allowed companies to expand their idea of what a total addressable market could look like, are the same tranches th

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