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Right Ascension

Next time you look up, give a wave

Exploring stars with their own planetary systems, from your back garden or bedroom window.

Dec 6, 2020
Next time you look up, give a wave
Next time you look up, give a wave
Dec 6, 2020
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Spaces and places for learning and teaching

A short trip to Melbourne provokes some reflection

May 15, 2018
Spaces and places for learning and teaching
Spaces and places for learning and teaching
May 15, 2018
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Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality

The Galway Symposium on Higher Education, held on June 23rd 2017

Jun 26, 2017
Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality
Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality
Jun 26, 2017
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Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust

A brief review of Adam Kahane’s new book

Jun 4, 2017
Jun 4, 2017
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Iain MacLaren

Fees, rankings and inequality — the trope that never dies

VC of Oxford advocates fees and loans, again. This time for Irish higher education.

May 8, 2017
May 8, 2017
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Applications Open…

Ten years is a long time. It’s the term of office of a University President here in Ireland and hence such an appointment can profoundly…

May 2, 2017
Applications Open…
Applications Open…
May 2, 2017
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Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality

Universities, so the story goes, are scholarly communities, where students and academics engage in enquiry, discussion, and debate; an…

Apr 19, 2017
Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality
Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality
Apr 19, 2017
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By Franklin’s Field

A cold wind signalled winter’s imminent threat as I stepped out of Philadelphia airport under a laden grey sky. Distant, idle…

Dec 15, 2016
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By Franklin’s Field
By Franklin’s Field
Dec 15, 2016
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Darkness opens up the view

The clock jumped back an hour this weekend and dusk has begun creeping ever closer to the afternoon. The end of our European Summer Time…

Nov 1, 2016
Darkness opens up the view
Darkness opens up the view
Nov 1, 2016
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Augmented Reality

OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy & Launch of the Cancún Declaration

Jul 1, 2016
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality
Jul 1, 2016
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